Pritzker gets OK to treat businesses as criminals for failing to enforce his COVID-19 mask order

By Brad Weisenstein

08/11/2020

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker again turned to criminal penalties to gain compliance with his coronavirus mandates. He is targeting business owners when customers and staff fail to wear masks.

TAGS: coronavirus, COVID-19, executive order, JB Pritzker, small business

Pritzker again pushes criminalizing businesses for failing to follow his COVID-19 orders

08/07/2020

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker is again turning to criminal penalties to gain compliance with his coronavirus mandates. He is targeting small business owners for mask violations.

TAGS: coronavirus, COVID-19, executive order, JB Pritzker, small business

Has your Illinois state representative called on Madigan to resign?

08/04/2020

Pressure is growing on the longest-serving state House speaker in American history to resign as federal investigators probe his relationships with corporate lobbyists.

TAGS: ComEd, corruption, Mike Madigan

Illinois’ small business owners face imprisonment, $2,500 fine for reopening under Pritzker’s order

05/18/2020

The governor’s new penalty comes without approval from the Illinois General Assembly.

TAGS: coronavirus, COVID-19, executive order, small business

Illinois lawmakers introduce resolution to take progressive income tax off ballot

05/18/2020

Removing the progressive tax question from the Nov. 3 ballot would give over 100,000 small businesses some certainty as they struggle to recover from the COVID-19 shutdown.

TAGS: Bill Brady, coronavirus, COVID-19, JB Pritzker, Jim Durkin, progressive income tax, small business

Bill proposes to tie Illinois state spending to what taxpayers can afford

03/06/2020

Lawmakers routinely spend faster than taxpayers’ incomes grow. A new bill would put Illinois with the majority of states that limit taxes or spending.

TAGS: borrowing, budget, constitutional amendment, deficit, government spending, pensions, spending cap, tax increase

Mosquito abatement districts targeted by Illinois lawmakers

02/20/2020

Consolidating Illinois’ nearly 7,000 units of local government could help provide local property tax relief. One bill aims to consolidate mosquito abatement districts.

TAGS: local government consolidation, mosquito abatement district, property taxes

Bipartisan bill would block ‘revolving door’ from lawmaker to lobbyist

02/10/2020

Illinois is one of the few states that lets lawmakers or state agency chiefs become a lobbyist the day after leaving office. A new ethics bill would stop that.

TAGS: cooling off period, corruption, FBI: Federal Bureau of Investigation, federal investigation, ghost payroll, Heather Steans, ILGA: Illinois General Assembly, Illinois, lawmakers, lobbying, Michael McClain, Mike Madigan, Mike McClain, Paul Schimpf, revolving door, Scott Bennett, Springfield, Suzy Glowiak-Hilton

More than 1 in 3 joint filers in Western Springs would see income tax hike if voters approve Pritzker’s ‘fair tax’

By Bryce Hill, Chena Underhill

10/18/2019

Voters statewide will decide whether 1,251 Western Springs taxpayers should send $27 million in additional income taxes to Springfield.

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

Carroll stands up for Illinois taxpayers, opposes progressive income tax hike

By Vincent Caruso

05/08/2019

Lawmakers should follow state Rep. Jonathan Carroll’s example by demonstrating the political courage to reject a proposed $3.4 billion tax hike.

TAGS: fair tax, graduated income tax, JB Pritzker, Jonathan Carroll, progressive income tax, property taxes

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Pritzker gets OK to treat businesses as criminals for failing to enforce his COVID-19 mask order

Pritzker again pushes criminalizing businesses for failing to follow his COVID-19 orders

Has your Illinois state representative called on Madigan to resign?

Illinois’ small business owners face imprisonment, $2,500 fine for reopening under Pritzker’s order

Illinois lawmakers introduce resolution to take progressive income tax off ballot

Bill proposes to tie Illinois state spending to what taxpayers can afford

Mosquito abatement districts targeted by Illinois lawmakers

Bipartisan bill would block ‘revolving door’ from lawmaker to lobbyist

More than 1 in 3 joint filers in Western Springs would see income tax hike if voters approve Pritzker’s ‘fair tax’

Carroll stands up for Illinois taxpayers, opposes progressive income tax hike

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