BREAKING NEWS: Court allows state workers to challenge mandatory union fees 05/19/2015 Ruling issued late Tuesday allows three employees of Illinois state government to challenge so-called “fair share” fees
Illinois Supreme Court: Nothing is more important than government workers’ right to your tax dollars 05/08/2015 In their SB 1 ruling, Illinois Supreme Court justices indicate that paying for pensions is more important than funding core government services. TAGS: Illinois Supreme Court, pensions
Corruption Watch: April 2015 By Shawn Tonge 05/08/2015 April saw two major players in Illinois education ensnared in charges of cronyism, among more than 60 other corruption-related stories. TAGS: good government
Illinois Supreme Court strikes down pension law By John Tillman 05/08/2015 Illinois’ political elite devised a pension scheme that was never affordable for Illinois taxpayers. TAGS: Senate Bill 1
Illinois’ layers and layers of government ripe for consolidation By David Giuliani 05/07/2015 Mergers are a no-brainer for communities across the state, but state policy makes it nearly impossible.
Stop, wait a minute: The saga of Senate Bill 1 By Benjamin VanMetre 05/06/2015 Illinois desperately needs a final ruling on SB 1; the clock is ticking. TAGS: Pat Quinn, pensions, Senate Bill 1
Want to fix Illinois’ economic development agency? Put it out to pasture By Hilary Gowins 05/04/2015 For more than a decade, Illinois has been giving select businesses many millions of dollars more in tax credits than the law allows. TAGS: Bruce Rauner, DCEO: Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, EDGE: Economic Development for a Growing Economy, jobs, public private partnership
Chicago brutality victims pay their torturer’s pension By Austin Berg 04/22/2015 Jon Burge draws thousands of dollars each month from a broken system. TAGS: Jon Burge, pensions
Rauner’s plan B for pension reform: Amend the constitution By Benjamin VanMetre 04/09/2015 While the state waits for the Supreme Court’s SB 1 ruling, Gov. Bruce Rauner and other lawmakers are working up a pitch to amend the state constitution. TAGS: Bruce Rauner, pensions, Senate Bill 1
Corruption watch: March 2015 By Shawn Tonge 04/08/2015 April showers bring May flowers, but all March gave us was 53 new corruption stories in Illinois. TAGS: good government