Pensions

For years, Illinois taxpayers haven't been represented at the bargaining table between Illinois' largest government union and the state. Illinois' former governors cared more about appeasing the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees than protecting the taxpayers...

GOP lawmakers: CPS receives preferential treatment in school funding bill By Cole Lauterbach | Illinois News Network ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK At the center of the school funding argument is the preferential treatment that Gov. Bruce Rauner and Republican lawmakers say Chicago...

Illinois House Republican Leader Mark Batinick (Plainfield) imagines what could be if state lawmakers were more diligent about addressing the state’s runaway pension debt. Read more..

Steve Balich Editors Note: This is from November 1st 2019. We need to wake up and tell our neighbors to vote NO to the Progressive Income Tax Referendum March 2020. People are...

How Puerto Rico Debt Is Grappling With a Debt Crisis By MARY WILLIAMS WALSH and LIZ MOYERUPDATED July 1, 2016 Erika P. Rodriguez for The New York Times For years, Puerto Rico borrowed money by issuing municipal bonds, using the funds to...

There was an offender convicted of a crime involving one or more weapons released on parole in Steger during 2018, according to Illinois Department of Corrections data obtained by the Will County Gazette. Read more..

GOP lawmakers say the time to deal with TIFs in school funding formula is now By Greg Bishop | Illinois News Network Shutterstock photo ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK Tax Increment Finance (TIF) districts in Illinois hide property wealth from the state in the...

Steve Balich editor Note:  Housing values are slow to increase, but taxes never seem to have that problem. Government always seems to find ways to spend more money and pass the bill on to us taxpayers  Homer Township is a...

Village of Frankfort Village Board met 7 p.m. Tuesday, September 3. Read more..

Published on Sep 14, 2016 Illinois is one of only 14 states without term limits and this documentary highlights the influence an officeholder can wield in the absence of term limits. Madigan is the longest-serving House Speaker in the U.S....