Madigan has spent nearly $170,000 in campaign funds on baseball tickets in 2017
Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan reportedly uses his large quantity of Cubs and White Sox tickets as gifts for his political volunteers, but his history with professional...
From Illinois Policy April 2017
Amazon received more than $112 million in EDGE tax credits in 2016
In exchange for more than $112 million in tax breaks, Amazon promised to expand its Illinois operations and hire 7,200 new employees in Aurora,...
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...
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...
From Illinois Policy April 2017
Illinois lawmakers peddle fake property tax reform
House Bill 156 does nothing to stop the overly burdensome growth in Illinois property tax bills.
Despite being sold as property tax “relief,” new legislation in Springfield would only shift...
Lets make calls together to help FREEZE property taxes, with the assistance of Americans for Prosperity
Join us April 25 to make calls to encourage our elected officials to do the right thing and freeze property taxes.
Illinois has some of the...
