Audit panel reviewing state lease deal that some call an affront to taxpayers
By Michael Carroll and Greg Bishop
May 26, 2017
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Mike Hoffman, acting director of the Illinois Department of Central Management Services, testified Thursday...
CNBC’s Santelli On CPS Pension Fund: It’s A Ponzi Scheme
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May 26, 2017
Dan & Amy are joined by CNBC On-Air Editor Rick Santelli who had this to say about the Chicago City Wire: "It is...
Call to Action
IL Senator McConchie Outlines the Simplicity of the Budget Crisis
Written By John Biver Two years after the “temporary” income tax expired, rapacious Springfield lawmakers are once again working toward raising our taxes, supposedly in order to solve the state’s...
Illinois Senate proposal would tax home repairs
Senate Bill 9’s tax on home repairs would fall hardest on Illinois’ middle-class and senior residents.
Members of the home building industry say Senate Bill 9’s tax on home repairs would fall hardest on...
At a time when everything coming out of the Illinois Senate seems to involve multibillion-dollar tax hikes, one senator is finally offering real reform for the state’s biggest fiscal crisis: its pension system.
State Sen. Dale Righter, R-Mattoon, has sponsored...
Federal investigation exposes Madigan patronage
With House Speaker Mike Madigan’s longevity comes with a patronage army paid with public dollars.
With House Speaker Mike Madigan’s longevity comes a patronage army paid with public dollars.
House Speaker Mike Madigan is set to become...
From Illinois Policy April 2017
Construction season means high costs for Illinois taxpayers
Workers’ compensation increases construction costs and often traps injured workers in a harmful system.
Insurance premiums cost 20 percent of payroll for concrete construction workers in Illinois.
As warm weather...
News From
State Representative Mark Batinick
For Immediate Release Contact: Debbie Kraulidis
April 25, 2017 (815) 254-0000
How to close $2B of the 2018 budget shortfall
Anyone following the Illinois budget impasse knows that our pile of unpaid bills is growing;...
Illinois crafted the solution to its pension crisis nearly 20 years ago when lawmakers passed a retirement plan that gave state university workers an alternative to the state’s traditional pension plan.
The problem is many lawmakers don’t even know that...
From Illinois Policy April 2017
What Illinoisans should know about their taxes
Statewide, residential property taxes eat up more than 6 percent of typical household income.
The average income of taxpayers who leave Illinois is $20,000 more than the taxpayers who arrive...
