Manar rejects funding changes that would bring $8.7M more to his school districts

By Ted Dabrowski

08/12/2017

State Sen. Andy Manar and other defenders of Senate Bill 1 shouldn’t be fighting to put a bailout of Chicago Public Schools ahead of their own districts.

TAGS: Andy Manar, education, Senate Bill 1

Rauner issues amendatory veto of school finance bill

By Ted Dabrowski, John Klingner

08/01/2017

Gov. Bruce Rauner’s amendatory veto strips a Chicago bailout from Senate Bill 1, among other changes.

TAGS: Bruce Rauner, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, education, Senate Bill 1, veto

Rauner strips fee hikes from 911 funding bill

By Austin Berg

06/30/2017

Gov. Bruce Rauner issued an amendatory veto nixing fee hikes from a 911 service reauthorization bill lawmakers sent to his desk. Illinoisans already pay some of the nation’s highest taxes on their cellphones.

TAGS: Bruce Rauner, Chicago, veto, wireless tax

Illinois Senate Democrats pass $5.4B tax increase

By Ted Dabrowski, John Klingner

05/23/2017

Each Illinois household would pay an additional $1,125 in taxes each year, on average, under the Senate's tax-hike plan.

TAGS: budget, grand bargain, Illinois Senate, income tax, sales tax, taxes, Toi Hutchinson

Illinois Senate proposal would tax home repairs

By Brendan Bakala

05/12/2017

Members of the home building industry say Senate Bill 9’s tax on home repairs would fall hardest on Illinois’ middle-class and senior residents.

TAGS: grand bargain, housing, Illinois Senate, taxes, Toi Hutchinson

Illinois lawmakers passed 938 bills that became law from 2015 to 2017 – just 3% had a price tag

By Brendan Bakala

04/23/2017

Despite Illinois’ severe financial problems, less than 3 percent of bills passed by the 99th General Assembly and enacted into law have fiscal notes.

Rauner vetoes will stand, Madigan’s unconstitutional budget dies today

By Heather Weiner

07/30/2015

To craft a balanced budget, lawmakers must go back to the drawing board.

Legislative Agenda for Entrepreneurs: An update on Illinois’ comeback story

By Michael Lucci

05/04/2015

The bipartisan path toward putting entrepreneurs first.

TAGS: small business, taxes

Madigan, Cullerton bonuses among largest in the nation

By Shawn Tonge

03/17/2015

Only a handful of state legislative leaders earn larger leadership bonuses than Illinois’.

TAGS: John Cullerton, Mike Madigan

Pension Reform, Illinois’s Future

05/26/2011

(UPDATED: action in House pension committee. See below) by Collin Hitt A bold proposal to reform government employee pensions has been put forward, Senate Bill 512. It is the broadest and best legislation yet introduced by legislative leaders hoping to address the long term debt, and insolvency, of Illinois’s public employee pension funds. Illinois taxpayers...

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Manar rejects funding changes that would bring $8.7M more to his school districts

Rauner issues amendatory veto of school finance bill

Rauner strips fee hikes from 911 funding bill

Illinois Senate Democrats pass $5.4B tax increase

Illinois Senate proposal would tax home repairs

Illinois lawmakers passed 938 bills that became law from 2015 to 2017 – just 3% had a price tag

Rauner vetoes will stand, Madigan’s unconstitutional budget dies today

Legislative Agenda for Entrepreneurs: An update on Illinois’ comeback story

Madigan, Cullerton bonuses among largest in the nation

Pension Reform, Illinois’s Future

Pathway to a Profession: How Apprenticeships Could Reshape Illinois’ Beauty Service Industry

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