Why Madigan's Democrats Do What They Do
The Illinois General Assembly has been widely criticized as being a “Do-Nothing” legislature. It’s a popular narrative. Spring Legislative Session ended last week, and the State of Illinois is no closer to pulling out of the decline into...
Working on A Dream
Chicago’s West Side is a war zone. But the casualties can’t be measured by body counts alone.
Dreams die, too, and the American Dream has all but vanished in neighborhoods such as North Lawndale, Garfield Park and...
ALLOWING MUNICIPAL BANKRUPTCY MUST BE PRIORITY FOR ILLINOIS
MARK GLENNON June 7, 2016
OPINION
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnGExrTcRcs
In the dozens of articles you probably read in the last few months about our fiscal crisis, what’s the universal omission? A solution.
No analyst, officeholder or commentator has...
Regularly scheduled spring session ended on May 31st, but the State of Illinois remains in an unprecedented financial situation. We return to Springfield this Wednesday.
Still No Budget
As I’m sure you know by now Speaker Madigan attempted...
Property taxes outstrip Texans’ incomes
By Kenric Ward / May 30, 2016 / News / 10 Comments
Senate Select Committee on Property Tax Reform and Relief
WIDENING GAP: Increases in local property taxes are more than...
Stuck in traffic on I-55 after an IDOT hearing on adding a tolled lane to that highway, I was late for preschool pickup and paid the price -- $10 plus guilt. Had there been the option of paying a...
Vague Promises of Debt Relief for Greece
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD MAY 30, 2016 NY Times
The Greek Parliament building last week. CreditAngelos Tzortzinis/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
European leaders congratulated themselves last week for reaching an agreement to provide more loans to...
On a single day in 2011, Illinois lawmakers introduced and passed the largest tax hike in modern state history in a matter of hours.
And on May 25, 2016, House Democrats introduced and passed a 500-page budget billin 90 minutes.
Something...
March 24, 2016
Top 20 State Legislator Pension Recipients
By Mark Wachtler
March 24, 2016. Springfield. (ONN) Illinois and Chicago may have the most bankrupt and unfunded pension funds in the country. But for members of the elite establishment - former State...
WHY THESE ILLINOIS HOUSE DEMOCRATS VOTED AGAINST MADIGAN’S BUDGET BILL
KEVIN HOFFMAN
REBOOT STAFF
MAY 26, 2016 2467 1
During a rancorous vote Wednesday night, Illinois House Democrats passed Speaker Michael Madigan’s $7.2 billion out-of-balance budget plan.
The 63-53-1 vote came amid vehement protest from...
