News From
State Representative Mark Batinick
For Immediate Release Contact: Debbie Kraulidis
April 24, 2017 (815) 254-0000
Rep. Batinick: I’m not voting on non-essential bills until Illinois has a budget
SPRINGFIELD – With the Illinois General Assembly scheduled to return to...
Why is Illinois' financial grade an F? Are the bond agencies taking too rosy a view of our finances? How does Illinois have $200 billion in debt with a balanced budget requirement in the Constitution? What does this mean...
Illinois lawmaker proposes taxing landscaping and snow removal
State Sen. Toi Hutchinson wants to tax your lawn.
SB 9 is part of the package of bills that make up the Senate “grand bargain,” which would have hiked taxes by $7 billion.
Just as summer...
Barickman files education funding legislation including true parity for schools
Posted on Wednesday, April 12, 2017
Fixing the state’s broken school funding formula could soon become a reality, due in large part to two pieces of legislation filed by State Senator...
From Illinois Policy April 2017
Bailout bills moving in the Illinois General Assembly would attempt to turn Illinois’ massive debt problems into guaranteed profits for banks and bondholders and a lower standard of living for other Illinoisans.
Illinois Democrats have started...
Illinois needs to end the third-party payer problem for teacher pensions From Illinois Policy April 2017
Illinois has a $74 billion debt hole for teacher pensions, and the third-party payer problem helps explain why.
Illinois’ teacher pension system is structured to allow local...
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 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...
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...
