Like much of the Rust Belt, Newton is facing difficult economic challenges. But the community continues to stick together.
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Illinois House passes bill to allow residents to dissolve townships
Illinois has nearly 7,000 units of local government – around 1,400 of those are townships.
On March 29, the Illinois House of Representatives voted almost unanimously in favor of allowing voters to decide on local government...
The level of government that most affects your family is much closer to home than the White House or the halls of Congress. Your local government - city council, county commissioners, school board, etc. - is the level of governance responsible...
News From
State Representative Mark Batinick
For Immediate Release Contact: Debbie Kraulidis
March 30, 2017 (815) 254-0000
Serving Illinois seniors in a new, more cost-efficient way
By Mark Batinick
State Representative, 97th District
As consumers, when we walk into a store we have many...
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...
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...
Illinois House Committee Approves HB 1785
Falsified Birth Certificates
Legalizing Counterfeit Birth Certificates
Written By David E. Smith
This morning, the Illinois House Human Services Committee held a hearing on a highly controversial proposal that would legalize fraud through the alteration of birth certificates by gender-dysphoric persons...
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...
