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.

Quinn and the DCEO spent $27M on ‘Transformers’ movies, ‘Empire,’ a Funyons commercial and more

By Austin Berg

03/24/2015

Gov. Bruce Rauner ordered Cinespace Chicago Film Studios to pay back their most recent $10 million grant, but further action is necessary to stamp out cronyism in Illinois.

TAGS: Cinespace, DCEO: Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity

LIVESTREAM: Three state employees join Rauner in legal challenge of ‘fair share’ union fees

03/23/2015

Live today at 2:30pm. Three state workers represented by the Liberty Justice Center have taken legal action to end the collection of fair share union dues in Illinois.

TAGS: litigation

Simplifying Illinois’ labyrinthine law books

By Heather Weiner

03/13/2015

Illinois’ endless list of state statutes could use some spring cleaning.

Illinois Supreme Court hears arguments in pension case

03/11/2015

Does the Illinois Constitution’s pension clause spell disaster for the state?

TAGS: Illinois Supreme Court, pensions

Is pension reform possible in Illinois?

03/10/2015

The plaintiffs in the SB 1 case are asking the court to do something extraordinary: to hold, in effect, that pension benefits should receive stronger protection than any other type of constitutional right.

TAGS: COLA: cost of living adjustment, Illinois Constitution, Illinois Supreme Court, IML: Illinois Municipal League, Kanerva v. Weem, Lisa Madigan, Senate Bill 1

Quinn to receive millions in pension payments

By Austin Berg

03/02/2015

Former Gov. Pat Quinn contributed less than $200,000 to his retirement, but is set to draw more than $2 million in pension benefits over his lifetime.

TAGS: GARS: General Assembly Retirement System, Pat Quinn

Rauner’s budget defunds cronyism, embraces growth

By Michael Lucci

02/18/2015

The governor’s agenda should be cause for optimism across the state: competitiveness, not cronyism, is the right path forward to spark an Illinois comeback.

TAGS: employment, jobs

Rauner’s ‘fair share’ executive order fights for the First Amendment

02/11/2015

Simple logic. Respect for rights. These are things Illinoisans are not used to seeing from their state government, so perhaps it’s understandable that some are having trouble understanding what Rauner has done and why he has done it.

TAGS: executive order, labor

The anatomy of influence: Government unions in Illinois

By David Giuliani, Chris Andriesen

02/11/2015

The five major government unions in Illinois spent a combined $46 million in political campaigns from 2002 to 2014.

Pat Quinn

Corruption watch: March 2015

Quinn and the DCEO spent $27M on ‘Transformers’ movies, ‘Empire,’ a Funyons commercial and more

LIVESTREAM: Three state employees join Rauner in legal challenge of ‘fair share’ union fees

Simplifying Illinois’ labyrinthine law books

Illinois Supreme Court hears arguments in pension case

Is pension reform possible in Illinois?

Quinn to receive millions in pension payments

Rauner’s budget defunds cronyism, embraces growth

Rauner’s ‘fair share’ executive order fights for the First Amendment

The anatomy of influence: Government unions in Illinois

What is the Education Freedom Tax Credit and how can it benefit Illinois students?

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Diana Graham

Process for unionizing non-state workers raises red flags

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