Vote!!! Your property value and monthly budget may be at risk
By Steve Balich March 21, 2017
It is Very important to vote in local elections because local boards have the most impact on your property taxes. http://willcountynews.com/2016/03/18/americans-for-prosperity-illinois-continues-fighting-higher-property-taxes/
As property tax increases...
Illinois Opportunity Project released the following statement regarding the results of the February 28 primary election in Algonquin Township:
“Algonquin Township Highway Commissioner Bob Miller and his family have run the Highway Department for 52 years. Bob put his wife...
The Illinois Senate’s “grand bargain” budget plan is no more than a taxpayer bailout of Springfield’s failures.
Politicians have made a mess of Illinois for decades, and rather than pass the spending reforms that would fix the state’s problems, those politicians...
Forgotten Illinois: Newton and the reality of America’s heartland
written by Joe Kaiser | photography by Austin Berg From Illinois Policy
Members of the Newton, Ill., Rotary Club meet for lunch every Tuesday at noon in a backroom of Parklanes,...
An alternative to tax hikes
A plan to balance the state's budget without tax hikes. Illinois Policy February 2017
Budget Solutions 2018: Balancing the state budget without tax hikes
By Ted Dabrowski, Craig Lesner, John Klingner, Michael Lucci
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Civic Fed proposal hits Illinois taxpayers with $51 billion in tax hikes From Illinois Policy February 2017
The Civic Federation’s budget plan repeats old mistakes with multibillion-dollar tax hikes and no serious, structural reform.
The Civic Federation, a research organization that...
Linda McMahon Confirmed By Senate as SBA Administrator
Release Date:
Wednesday, February 15, 2017
Release Number:
17-08
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate confirmed on Tuesday President Donald Trump’s nomination of Linda E. McMahon as the 25th Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration.
“Small businesses...
Paul Ryan Budget Cuts
http://paulryan.house.gov/issues/issue/?IssueID=9974
The uncertainty of the economy continues to be a drag on job creation in southern Wisconsin. The fiscal situation in Washington has not been helpful either. Some in Washington are calling for tax increases, but the...
Illinois Policy February 16, 2017
Lisa Madigan lost the first round in her quest to stop state worker pay during Illinois’ budget impasse. But that doesn’t mean the matter is settled. The attorney general could take this issue all the...
The new budget plan coming out of the Illinois Senate does little to nothing to reform the state’s reckless spending and financial mismanagement, but does plenty to hurt state taxpayers.
Illinois Senate members have a drafted a new budget plan...
