Rauner signs bill aimed at cutting red tape for small businesses

By Heather Weiner

08/19/2015

The new law encourages state agencies to weed out rules and regulations that hurt Illinois' entrepreneurs.

TAGS: regulations, small business

Illinois homeowners pay the second-highest property taxes in the U.S.

By Michael Lucci

08/19/2015

New Tax Foundation study reveals that Illinoisans pay a second mortgage in property taxes.

Rauner signs bill banning new units of local government for 4 years

By Heather Weiner

08/19/2015

Encouraging the streamlining of government services and more efficient use of taxpayer dollars.

TAGS: Bruce Rauner

Walgreens to cut 270 jobs in Illinois

By Amy Korte

08/18/2015

Walgreens’ 270-person layoffs are the latest in a series of corporate job losses in Illinois.

Passing the buck: Avoiding accountability for the teacher-retirement funding mess

By Ted Dabrowski

08/18/2015

Reforming Illinois’ Teachers’ Retirement System is the only hope for saving the pension fund from insolvency and providing the accountability and retirement security that teachers and taxpayers deserve.

TAGS: TRS: Teachers’ Retirement System

Gas prices soar higher in Chicago than other Midwestern cities

By Hilary Gowins

08/17/2015

Multiple layers of taxation make gas sold in Chicago more expensive than in other cities across the Midwest.

Income of out-migrants from Illinois jumped by $8,000 in first year of 2011 income-tax hike

By Michael Lucci

08/17/2015

Illinois’ tax hikes and anti-growth regulatory environment drive away taxpayers and businesses

TAGS: income tax

Union arbitration bill would hurt Illinois taxpayers

By Jim Long

08/16/2015

If state politicians override Gov. Bruce Rauner’s veto of SB 1229, they would remove even more state spending from taxpayer oversight.

Rehabilitation, restitution undermined by Illinois’ supersized criminal-justice system

By Hilary Gowins

08/14/2015

Illinois lags behind other states in its efforts to curb recidivism through offender rehabilitation.

Rauner signs law establishing statewide rules for use of police body cameras

By Bryant Jackson-Green

08/14/2015

Police body cameras and other reforms will help save taxpayer dollars and improve both police accountability and public safety.

Illinois

Rauner signs bill aimed at cutting red tape for small businesses

Illinois homeowners pay the second-highest property taxes in the U.S.

Rauner signs bill banning new units of local government for 4 years

Walgreens to cut 270 jobs in Illinois

Passing the buck: Avoiding accountability for the teacher-retirement funding mess

Gas prices soar higher in Chicago than other Midwestern cities

Income of out-migrants from Illinois jumped by $8,000 in first year of 2011 income-tax hike

Union arbitration bill would hurt Illinois taxpayers

Rehabilitation, restitution undermined by Illinois’ supersized criminal-justice system

Rauner signs law establishing statewide rules for use of police body cameras

FAQ: How the federal scholarship program would help Illinois students

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