Moodys: Illinois still could be downgraded to junk status, even with budget, tax hikes
By Dan McCaleb and Greg Bishop | Illinois News Network
7/6/2017
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Moody's Investors Services might still downgrade Illinois' credit rating to junk...
By Jesus Alaniz
“I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments by those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.”
--James Madison
“He has called together legislative bodies at places...
Trump's Leaner White House Payroll Projected To Save Taxpayers $22 Million
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For second consecutive day, House adjourns because no quorum
No REFORM - Never read the 500+ page bill - voted on it an hour after Madigan delivered it. HOW can they justify their vote?
Voted for tax increase passed 72 to...
By Jesus Alaniz
On August 11, 1924 Republican President Calvin Coolidge stated “I want the people of America to be able to work less for the government and more for themselves. I want them to have the rewards of their...
On July 2, 2017, exactly 241 years to the day that the Declaration of Independence was voted on passed; 15 Republicans took it upon themselves to insult the People of Illinois by voting with Michael Madigan to permanently raise...
5 years ago today I traveled with Charlie Kirk to the Fox News Studio in downtown Chicago.
Charlie was preparing for his big national TV moment with Neil Cavuto, this was his first solo national TV interview.
And he blew everyone...
Statement from House Republican Leader Jim Durkin
“You have all heard the following statement: ‘it’s Déjà vu all over again.’ It has never been more true than today. What transpired is a repeat of the Illinois Democrats infamous temporary tax...
Madigan and cronies out of office. We need a budget based on spending cuts, freeze on wages, elimination of the defined benefit pension, property tax freeze across with no exemptions, and a 1% cut in every line item just...
Tax Increases, More Spending and ‘A Disaster’ of a Budget for Illinois
Written By John Biver
State government summer re-run season is underway at the Illinois capitol building where both political parties are cooperating to send our state further into the fiscal...
