With the continuing battle in Springfield for a state budget, and the continuing need for true reform in the State of Illinois, it is increasingly difficult for any local property tax payer to understand where their money goes and...
Local governments raise sales tax in Illinois
January 3, 2017
2017 brings a slew of new sales tax hikes for 20 municipalities in Illinois.
Effective Jan. 1, 20 Illinois cities and local governments increased local sales taxes, according to the Illinois Department...
Americans saying goodbye to high-tax states
Posted on January 9, 2017 by Sam RolleyViews: 1,922
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mvp_0IVbkY8
State and local lawmakers take note: a growing number of American workers, business owners and retirees are showing their disgust with sky-high taxes by voting...
Why a budget won’t fix Illinois
January 5, 2017
Pension costs alone now consume a quarter of the Illinois state budget.
Did you feel it?
As 2016 expired at midnight Dec. 31, so too did Illinois’ stopgap budget. That six-month spending plan pushed...
Illinois House Democrats re-elected state Rep. Mike Madigan to his longtime post as House Speaker Jan. 11.
Madigan is now set to become the longest-serving House speaker in modern U.S. history. By the end of his two-year term in 2019,...
Illinois Policy Institute 1/6/2017
Illinois lost 150,000 university students from 2000-2014
Misplaced priorities in education funding have driven students out of the state and skyrocketed tuition costs.
The U.S. Census Bureau recently revealed that Illinois, in its third consecutive year of population...
Rx for Obummercare: pull — no, yank the plug, totally
Posted on January 6, 2017 by Becky AkersViews: 2,075
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When Congress reconvened earlier this week, “leaders of both houses their first order of business be to repeal Obamacare....
Tribune: Illinois residents aren't frogs, won't remain in Madigan's boiling pot
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Will County Gazette | Jan 9, 2017
Invoking an old wives’ tale referring to ambivalent, “average" amphibians, the Chicago Tribune recently created an analogy between disinterested Illinois taxpayers and...
State Representative Mark Batinick
For Immediate Release Contact: Debbie Kraulidis
January 9, 2017 (815) 254-0000
Rep. Batinick advances bill to enact property tax freeze
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois House Revenue & Finance Committee today approved legislation filed by State Representative Mark...
U.S. Senate Sees First Win in Obamacare Fight in Budget Vote
Written By John Biver From Illinois Family Institute
Yesterday a Washington Times headline read “GOP wins first Obamacare fight in Senate budget vote.” Katie Pavlich reported this at Townhall.com:
Republicans eager to show quick action against Obama’s...
