S&P: Illinois faces junk rating, large budget deficit even with progressive tax revenue

By Adam Schuster

10/08/2020

A credit rating agency found Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s ‘fair tax’ would fail to close the state’s deficit or adequately fund essential services.

TAGS: credit rating, deficit, fair tax, Standard & Poor's

Pritzker revenue director sponsored bill to tax retirement income

10/07/2020

Taxing retirement income is not a new idea to Illinois politicians, but denying they want to tax seniors is new since that part of the “fair tax” plan slipped out.

TAGS: fair tax, JB Pritzker, retirement tax

Michigan Supreme Court rules against emergency powers similar to Pritzker’s

By Joe Tabor

10/02/2020

The Michigan Supreme Court concluded that Gov. Gretchen Whitmer could not legally extend her emergency executive orders without the approval of the legislature, while declaring another source of her authority unconstitutional altogether.

TAGS: coronavirus, COVID-19, executive order, Gretchen Whitmer, JB Pritzker

Pritzker’s ‘fair tax’ makes city income taxes more likely

By Amy Korte

10/02/2020

If the Illinois Constitution is amended to allow different income tax rates, expect cities to try to impose their own income taxes.

TAGS: fair tax, JB Pritzker, progressive income tax

7 misleading progressive tax claims public unions are telling Illinois members

By Mailee Smith

09/30/2020

Government unions and their PACs have spent more than $1 million pushing the progressive tax on the Nov. 3 ballot – and are using misleading information.

TAGS: AFSCME: American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees, fair tax, IEA-NEA: Illinois Education Association, IFT: Illinois Federation of Teachers, progressive tax, SEIU: Service Employees International Union, Vote Yes for Fair Tax

Pritzker’s ‘fair tax’ is really an ‘anything goes tax,’ with no taxpayer protections

By Joe Tabor

09/29/2020

Lawmakers scrapped any requirement that the progressive income tax be ‘fair,’ giving Springfield a blank check when it comes to taxing income.

TAGS: fair tax, JB Pritzker, progressive tax

Pritzker progressive tax campaign wastes over $200K on ads in California, Texas

09/28/2020

Pushing a $3.7 billion tax hike to people who can’t vote in Illinois is an unusual way to spend some of Pritzker’s $56.5 million donation.

TAGS: fair tax, JB Pritzker, waste

Madigan refuses to appear before House committee probing his ComEd bribery scandal involvement

09/25/2020

Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan has formally declined an invitation to appear before the Illinois House committee tasked with investigating his involvement in the ComEd scandal.

TAGS: bribery, ComEd, corruption, Mike Madigan

Pritzker administration threatens 20% tax hike on everyone ‘regardless of their level of income’

By Adam Schuster

09/25/2020

While acknowledging the harm it would do to the state economy and working Illinoisans, Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton claimed lawmakers would be ‘forced’ to look at hiking everyone’s taxes due to the budget crisis.

TAGS: fair tax, JB Pritzker, progressive tax

House investigative committee calls for Madigan testimony in corruption scandal

09/18/2020

Following initial hearings, a committee formed to investigate House Speaker Mike Madigan’s involvement in a ComEd corruption scandal requested testimony from key players.

TAGS: bribery, ComEd, corruption, federal investigation, Mike Madigan

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S&P: Illinois faces junk rating, large budget deficit even with progressive tax revenue

Pritzker revenue director sponsored bill to tax retirement income

Michigan Supreme Court rules against emergency powers similar to Pritzker’s

Pritzker’s ‘fair tax’ makes city income taxes more likely

7 misleading progressive tax claims public unions are telling Illinois members

Pritzker’s ‘fair tax’ is really an ‘anything goes tax,’ with no taxpayer protections

Pritzker progressive tax campaign wastes over $200K on ads in California, Texas

Madigan refuses to appear before House committee probing his ComEd bribery scandal involvement

Pritzker administration threatens 20% tax hike on everyone ‘regardless of their level of income’

House investigative committee calls for Madigan testimony in corruption scandal

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