News From
State Representative Mark Batinick
For Immediate Release Contact: Debbie Kraulidis
March 24, 2017 (815) 254-0000
Batinick, Skillicorn file legislation to give Comptroller greater discretion following court ruling on legislator pay
SPRINGFIELD – In response to the recent court ruling authorizing...
How Beecher, Ill., plans to end power outages
Thu, 2017-03-23 11:51 -- Kevin Ebi
There is no question that power outages are disruptive, but they could soon become a thing of the past for residents of one community. As you’ll read...
From Illinois Policy March 2017
Newly released Illinois jobs report points to anemic jobs growth and a contracting labor force.
Illinois’ January jobs data showed continued weakness in jobs growth, coupled with a significant one-month increase in the labor force size....
From Illinois Policy March 2017
A new report from WalletHub finds Illinois’ combined state and local tax burden is higher than that of every other state and the District of Columbia.
A March 14 report has found that Illinois has the...
Appellate Court Upholds Municipal Ordinance That Reduces Vacation Buy-Back Benefit For Retiring Employees March 22, 2017 by Robbins Schwartz
The 4th District Court of Appeals in Springfield has upheld a municipal ordinance discontinuing the opportunity for city employees to sell...
More than 50 percent of the state’s $4.1 billion budget for public universities is spent on retirement costs alone.
From Illinois Policy March 2017
Joni Sorce feels conned.
Her daughter graduated from Illinois State University in 2014. They now share more than...
ICE Releases List Of Sanctuary Jurisdictions Set To Lose Federal Funding
ALEX PFEIFFER
Reporter Daily Caller
2:34 PM 03/20/2017
Immigration and Customs Enforcement identified Monday 118 sanctuary jurisdictions around the country that are set to lose federal funds.
An executive order signed by President...
Despite Illinois’ billions in deficit spending and skyrocketing debt, the Illinois House of Representatives passed House Bill 278, which would transfer an additional $300 million per year of state income tax funds to local governments, continuing to prop up...
Interest on Illinois’ pension debt is $9.1B per year
Illinois isn’t covering the interest payments on its pension debt. Those interest payments total $9.1 billion a year.
From Illinois policy March 2017
A golden rule of finance is this: Debt that can’t...
Trump’s first budget to offer look at his vision for dismantling ‘administrative state’
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(TNS) WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s chief strategist, Stephen K. Bannon, asserted a bold goal recently, sounding...
