Illinois lawmakers should hold Pritzker to his ‘fair maps’ promise

By Austin Berg

12/03/2019

Even without a constitutional amendment, there are changes lawmakers could make as soon as session resumes to get politics out of mapmaking.

TAGS: bipartisan, ethics, gerrymandering, ILGA: Illinois General Assembly, Illinois, Illinois Constitution, Illinois House of Representatives, Illinois Senate, JB Pritzker, lawmakers, legislative district, legislative map, redistricting, Springfield

As nation celebrates small businesses, Illinois considers taxing them more

By Orphe Divounguy, Bryce Hill

11/27/2019

Most new jobs in Illinois are created by small businesses, yet state leaders are asking voters to hurt them by raising taxes on these employment dynamos.

TAGS: BLS: Bureau of Labor Statistics, entrepreneurs, Great Recession, Illinois, Illinois Constitution, investment, JB Pritzker, job creation, progressive income tax, s-corp, small business, spending cap, taxes, Tennessee, Texas

Illinois lawmakers pass pension sweeteners without knowing the cost

By Adam Schuster

11/20/2019

Illinois has nation’s worst pension debt. Maybe that’s because state lawmakers take a problem they aren’t sure exists, apply a solution they don’t know will work and never determine the cost.

TAGS: Civic Federation, firefighter pensions, IRS: Internal Revenue Service, Jason Barickman, municipal pensions, pensions, police pensions, public safety, safe harbor, Social Security

Ending dues deductions, recovering fees harder for public employees under bill passed by Illinois lawmakers

By Joe Tabor

11/14/2019

SB 1784 would hurt workers trying to stop paying union dues or trying to learn about their options. Union leaders get greater access to them and their personal information.

TAGS: Janus v. AFSCME, Jay Hoffman, labor, unions

Recent FBI raids on Illinois politician a reminder of $9.9B ‘corruption tax’

By Bryce Hill

11/12/2019

As more Illinois politicians face federal corruption indictments, Illinoisans are reminded that lawmakers’ misdeeds come with a steep price tag.

TAGS: corruption, FBI: Federal Bureau of Investigation, taxes

Pritzker’s flawed ‘fair tax’ plan already failed Californians

By Orphe Divounguy

11/05/2019

Illinoisans should learn from the Golden State’s “fair tax” failure, lessons that state leaders ignore.

TAGS: fair tax, graduated income tax, income tax, JB Pritzker, progressive income tax, taxes

5 broken tax promises show why Illinois voters distrust Pritzker’s ‘fair tax’

By Adam Schuster

11/03/2019

From the lottery, to the tollway, to two “temporary” income tax hikes, Illinois politicians have a history of broken promises about how they tax and spend residents’ money.

TAGS: fair tax, JB Pritzker, lottery, progressive income tax, tollway

Illinois House passes bill to make it harder for public employees to leave unions, recover fees

By Joe Tabor

10/29/2019

SB 1784 would hurt workers trying to stop paying union dues, give unions greater access to them and their personal information.

Pritzker gas tax to help fund $205.5M ‘exit to nowhere’

10/25/2019

Gov. J.B. Pritzker just bumped up funding for road construction to a non-existent airport to $205.5 million, paid in part with his doubled gas tax. The airport remains a distant idea, but the road will soon be concrete.

TAGS: airport, gas tax, JB Pritzker, Peotone, taxes

Poll: Pritzker drops to among least popular governors in the nation

By Vincent Caruso

10/25/2019

Less than one year into Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s first term, a new poll shows the governor’s popularity ranks eight spots from the bottom.

TAGS: fair tax, graduated income tax, income tax, JB Pritzker, progressive income tax, taxes

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Illinois lawmakers should hold Pritzker to his ‘fair maps’ promise

As nation celebrates small businesses, Illinois considers taxing them more

Illinois lawmakers pass pension sweeteners without knowing the cost

Ending dues deductions, recovering fees harder for public employees under bill passed by Illinois lawmakers

Recent FBI raids on Illinois politician a reminder of $9.9B ‘corruption tax’

Pritzker’s flawed ‘fair tax’ plan already failed Californians

5 broken tax promises show why Illinois voters distrust Pritzker’s ‘fair tax’

Illinois House passes bill to make it harder for public employees to leave unions, recover fees

Pritzker gas tax to help fund $205.5M ‘exit to nowhere’

Poll: Pritzker drops to among least popular governors in the nation

4 ways to break out of Illinois’ pension trap

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Process for unionizing non-state workers raises red flags

CBS Chicago: Illinois’ highest-paid superintendent receives $400K per year to oversee 1,200 students