Taxpayers on the hook for canceled Chicago stadium show

10/30/2017

The Illinois Sports Facility Authority paid $1.6 million for a September concert at Guaranteed Rate Field, featuring Diddy and Fat Joe, even though it had to cancel the event.

TAGS: Chicago, Guaranteed Rate Field, ISFA: Illinois Sports Facility Authority

Taxpayers should flex their muscle, pick their punches

By Austin Berg

10/12/2017

If aggrieved taxpayers don’t also demand fixes to underlying spending problems, calls for additional tax hikes will return. And they’ll be stronger than ever.

TAGS: Cook County, income tax, sales tax, soda tax, taxes, Toni Preckwinkle

Madigan dupes another governor

By Austin Berg

06/22/2017

Madigan has stared down Gov. Bruce Rauner for more than 700 days and Rauner just blinked.

TAGS: Bruce Rauner, budget, income tax, Mike Madigan, taxes

Madigan has spent nearly $170,000 in campaign funds on baseball tickets in 2017

04/19/2017

Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan reportedly uses his large quantity of Cubs and White Sox tickets as gifts for his political volunteers, but his history with professional sports teams in Chicago isn’t so generous.

TAGS: Chicago Cubs, Mike Madigan

Illinois death tax hits family farms where it hurts

By Austin Berg

09/01/2016

Illinois’ estate tax only generates about $300 million in revenue, while potentially costing the state more than $1.5 billion in annual GDP growth.

TAGS: death tax, estate tax, property taxes, taxes

Illinois unions wrote the laws they blame in ‘fair share’ debate

By Heather Weiner

02/28/2015

Unions say state law forces them to represent all government workers – even those who don’t want to belong to a union. The catch? That’s what unions asked for.

TAGS: fair share, labor

Jim Thompson

Taxpayers on the hook for canceled Chicago stadium show

Taxpayers should flex their muscle, pick their punches

Madigan dupes another governor

Madigan has spent nearly $170,000 in campaign funds on baseball tickets in 2017

Illinois death tax hits family farms where it hurts

Illinois unions wrote the laws they blame in ‘fair share’ debate

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