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Madison County says it took cue from state with new schedule of court costs, fees
Court costs, fines and fees will rise in Madison County following the introduction of a new statewide standardized system for those costs. -
Wehrli: 'People make money off of this chaos we call state government'
Before noon on Friday, May 30, Illinoisans had not seen a single line of the state budget. -
Pritzker’s 19 different tax and fee hikes total $6.9 billion
Between the push for a graduated income tax, his budget address and newly released capital plan, Gov. J.B. Pritzker has proposed an onslaught of backdoor tax hikes on all Illinoisans. -
Illinois House votes to put Pritzker’s progressive income tax amendment on 2020 ballot
An amendment that would allow lawmakers to scrap Illinois’ constitutionally protected flat income tax and replace it with graduated tax rates will appear as a referendum question on voters’ 2020 ballots. -
Illinois’ wealthiest bureaucrats want this bill dead
There should be no compromise with those who are looking out for their own bottom line above the good of the state. -
Democrat lawmakers renew push to dilute Republican control over local boards; Rauner vetoed similar proposal last year
SPRINGFIELD – Rep. Jay Hoffman (D-Swansea) has proposed legislation to reduce the appointment power of Republican Madison County board chairman Kurt Prenzler. -
Tillery attorney advocates for adding personal injury claims to Consumer Fraud Act; Measure passes Senate Judiciary
SPRINGFIELD – Stephen Tillery of St. Louis, whose plan to turn cigarettes from a health issue into an economic issue fell through, may be starting over by adding personal injuries to the Illinois Consumer Fraud Act. -
Reality check on 5 false claims used to boost Pritzker’s ‘fair tax’
With Illinois lawmakers on break, the governor’s team is trying to build support for a graduated state income tax. Unfortunately, they are building on a foundation of false claims. -
86 counties in Illinois see population loss in 2018
Fleeing residents continue to fuel population loss, with Cook County leading the nation for population decline. -
Don’t be fooled, history is repeating itself
Why lawmakers are calling Illinois’ fiscal mess a “deficit” problem rather than by its true name. -
Pritzker’s $3.4B income tax hike can fund less than 4 months of state pension costs
Without reform, Illinois’ pension problem will continue to force tax hikes while crowding out the core services residents need. -
ILLINOIS STATE SENATOR LAURA FINE: Fine celebrates women in public office
To honor women in public office, State Senator Laura Fine (D-Glenview) passed a resolution declaring March 28, 2019, as Celebrating Women in Public Office Day in Illinois. -
Another bill favored by trial bar advances in Illinois; Would repeal 'special interrogatories'
A bill that would repeal a requirement that jurors understand what are sometimes complex instructions in civil litigation before arriving at verdict is advancing in the State House. -
New law would require landlords in Cook County, possibly elsewhere in IL, to give financial data to tax assessors
If a Democrat-sponsored bill passes in Springfield, owners of countless rental properties in Cook County and potentially elsewhere in Illinois will have to turn over the property's financial records every year to their county assessor's office for tax calculation. -
Lawmaker's bill aimed at stopping gun-rights sanctuary counties
Critic says Illinois politicians want to 'disarm the public' -
Pritzker signs statewide $15 minimum wage into law
Estimates from the governor’s office suggest the minimum wage increase will add $1.1 billion to the state payroll, courtesy of Illinois taxpayers. -
The astounding reversal on Illinois’ pension crisis
Governor J.B. Pritzker has made his position clear on pensions: No reforms. Not necessary. Just pay them. Nobody in the Democratic party, which holds supermajorities in both the House and the Senate, has voiced any dissent. -
$19 billion for education swallows more than half the state’s current budget
While the request is being downplayed as “symbolic,” it reveals just how out of touch education officials are from the realities facing Illinois and its residents, like the state’s crumbling finances, punishing tax bills and the increasing flight of Illinoisans. -
Illinois House passes rules giving Madigan extraordinary power – again
On Jan. 29 the Illinois House of Representatives voted on new House Rules, but none of the new rules addressed the unparalleled power the Speaker of the House is given over the legislative process. -
IL Supreme Court: No actual harm needed to sue businesses for scanning fingerprints, other biometric IDs
The Illinois Supreme Court says an Illinois privacy law doesn’t require plaintiffs to prove they were actually harmed before suing businesses and others who scan and store their fingerprints or other so-called biometric identifiers. And the decision will give a green light to dozens of class action lawsuits already pending against businesses of all sizes in the state’s courts, with even more likely to follow.