Data from Illinois’ six largest pension systems show 19,158 former government workers collect annual pensions of more than $100,000, costing those systems nearly $2.4 billion combined in fiscal year 2018.
Six-figure pensioners enrolled in those systems contributed an average of...
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Today ends my six years in office as State Representative of the 42nd District located in the heart of DuPage County. It has been an honor to serve...
ISRA's Pearson warns gun rights may slip through loophole
by Glenn Minnis | Jan 4, 2019
Richard A. Pearson, Illinois State Rifle Association (ISRA) executive director, is warning members that what he calls a flaw in the state constitution could make things harder for...
Steve Balich Editors note: As taxes increase property values decrease. That is as simple to understand as the reason so many people are leaving Illinois. Those that work in government and education are now the ruling class. Those not...
Chicago, suburban mayors call for hike that could make Illinois' gas tax highest in nation
By Cole Lauterbach and Greg Bishop | Illinois News Network
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Under Illinois’ new education funding formula, the wildly mismanaged Chicago school district won’t lose a dime in state funding, no matter how many students it loses.
Illinois’ new education funding formula signed into law in August gave the Chicago Public...
Steve Balich Editors Note: We have a broke State!!!! No ability to pay our past bills, and taxes are at the max. So the Governor makes Illinois the only State in the union to have taxpayer funded abortion. The...
This might be difficult to believe, but something smells fishy in Illinois politics.
A fresh odor is rising from the 118th House District.
Until recently, state Rep. Brandon Phelps, D-Harrisburg, represented constituents living within Illinois’ southernmost district. He first took office...
OP State Rep: "We're all free agents now."
By Cole Lauterbach | Illinois News Network
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With the fall veto session weeks away, Gov. Bruce Rauner says he hopes the Republican caucus "stays...
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Rep. Jeanne Ives attacks Rauner’s weak right flank
Republican state Rep. Jeanne Ives, of Wheaton, speaks during a ceremony at the Pritzker Military Museum and Library on Sept. 27, 2017, in the Loop. (Alyssa Pointer / Chicago Tribune)
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