The deadline to file state and federal income taxes is April 18, but for Illinoisans the sting of Tax Day is year-round. Residents in the Land of Lincoln face the highest overall state and local tax burden in the nation.
And in...
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...
Even If You Voted, Your Job’s Not Over By Grant Spooner 4/13/2016
By the time many of you read this, you would have had the opportunity to vote April 4, or before, for one or more races in your communities.
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Editors note:
When discussion of raising the Property Tax Levy at local elected Boards begin, B0ard Members are told by staff, Superintendents, and or chairs of the Finance Committee how much money they need. The discussion is rarely if ever...
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...
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Senate Republicans continued to push for a balanced budget with common sense reforms that will put Illinois’ fiscal house in order and create a foundation for future budgeting. This forward-looking approach stands in stark contrast to House Democrats who,...
‘Grand bargain’ would cut private sector pay and continue government worker perks From Illinois Policy April 2017
Illinois state government works to prioritize special interests over taxpayers – and the budget deal being negotiated in the Senate would continue that.
Illinois...
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Illinois stands at a crossroad – we can either choose the worn out path of stopgap budgets, out-of-control spending, and...
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...
