SB2814 – An Overhaul of Illinois Energy Policy and a Bailout for Largest Nuclear Power Company in the US
By Jeanne Ives 12/5/2016
Merry Christmas from the Illinois General Assembly who could not focus on the task at hand - putting...
These Warehouses are in Homer Township, Semi-Trucks are going down Gouger from 159th Overweight without being tciketed, some speeding, on roads not built for 80,000 lbs. Unsafe for School District 92.
Is Lockport becoming the next Bensenville?
I can speak for...
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Over the years, AFSCME – the state’s largest government-worker union – has amassed incredible benefits for state workers through contract negotiations with the state. When AFSCME comes to the bargaining table, it isn’t AFSCME versus the governor – it’s...
The Seeds of Capitalism Will Grow on Fidel Castro's Grave
By Jeff Siegel
Written Tuesday, November 29, 2016
We’ve definitely hit a new level of craziness.
With the passing of Fidel Castro, our divisive system of ultra-conservative vs. ultra-liberal is overshadowing the potential...
‘Lame Duck’ Tax Increase Debated While Both Parties Struggle with Basic Math
Written By John Biver
Anyone paying the least bit of attention to Illinois government knows the state is a fiscal mess, and the ongoing drama being played out between our...
IL Legislators Want to Spend Taxes on Abortions
Written By Monte Larrick | 11.22.16
Planned Parenthood wants to take money from your paycheck to fund abortions in Illinois. Lawmakers could act soon to repeal the current state ban on...
Illinois Policy November 15th 2016
IRS data show the average income of taxpayers leaving Illinois surpassed the average income of taxpayers entering the state by $20,000 in 2014, a record loss for Illinois in the wake of the 2011 income-tax...
Brendan Reilly, alderman for the 42nd ward in Chicago, has a real estate lobbyist, Madeline Doering, as his effective Chief of Staff. Doering represents some of the largest real estate developers in the city, including Wirtz Realty and Fishman...
New IRS data show taxpayers who left had an average income of $77,000 per year, compared with taxpayers who entered Illinois, who had an average income of $57,000 per year.
Not only did Illinois lose tens of thousands more taxpayers...
llinois is one of only eight states that do not enforce food-stamp work requirements for able-bodied adults without dependents. But reinstating work requirements would benefit Illinois food-stamp enrollees as well as state and local economies.
Welfare programs such as food...
