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Illinois is becoming a home equity desert
The highest property taxes in the nation are stripping families of both their home's value and their ability to get a return on the largest investment most will make in their lifetime. Illinois’ property tax system is inequitable, inefficient, and indecipherable. -
Spike in lawsuits against employers over fingerprints, other biometric data may be just the beginning
CHICAGO — A spike in the number of lawsuits in Illinois over biometrics data is a result of such data becoming more commonly used or misused by both business and social media. But whatever the reason, businesses should look for more and more of these lawsuits in coming days, a Washington, D.C.-based labor and employment attorney warns, thanks to a unique facet of Illinois' law. -
Illinois' pensions debt grew more in one year than half of states' entire budgets
In one year, Illinois' pensions added more debt than 25 U.S. states' entire budgets. -
House Republican Leader Durkin criticized over 'horrible conflict of interest'
Since assuming control of the Illinois House Republican Caucus four years ago, the law firm of State Rep. Jim Durkin (R-Western Springs) has helped Illinois municipal governments and state agencies amass more than a quarter of a billion dollars in public debt, according to an analysis by Prairie State Wire. -
You can't fire me, I quit
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Illinois' next tax hike could mean pain at the pump
A proposed increase in gas taxes to pay for state infrastructure spending would impose another burden on overtaxed Illinoisans. -
Illinois lawmakers stampede for the exit
The most likely driver is pretty obvious to most Illinoisans: the rage of constituents. -
Currie to receive 6-figure pension after first year of retirement
The longtime House majority leader will benefit from a sweetener provision that grants massive pension spikes to career lawmakers after one year of retirement. -
Illinoisans get $6B more in long-term debt, but no reforms
While borrowing to help pay down the state’s unpaid bill backlog will save money on interest payments and relieve pressure on those waiting for cash, it also perpetuates Illinois’ spending problem. -
Fifth District panel sides with Rauner in removing former Harrisburg mayor from Prison Review Board
MOUNT VERNON – Gov. Bruce Rauner has won appellate court approval to remove former Harrisburg mayor Eric Gregg from the Illinois Prisoner Review Board. -
Rauner issues amendatory veto of banker bailout bill
House Bill 3004 would have put banks and bondholders ahead of taxpayers and those who rely on government services. But Gov. Bruce Rauner’s amendatory veto strips the bill of those bailout provisions. -
Stuart's choice: $4.5 million more for local schools or a Chicago bailout?
Defenders of Senate Bill 1 are putting a bailout of Chicago Public Schools ahead of their own local school districts. -
Illinois Senate passes Chicago bailout, overrides Rauner's amendatory veto
All Senate Democrats and one Republican voted to override Gov. Bruce Rauner and pass Senate Bill 1 in its original form, including a bailout for Chicago Public Schools. -
McCarter: SB1 is boon to elites and crumbs for downstate schools; Progressive tax system is real motivation
The real motivation behind "evidence-based" funding of schools as proposed in Senate Bill 1 is to achieve a progressive income tax system in Illinois, according to State Sen. Kyle McCarter (R-Lebanon). -
Employers are latest target of lawsuits under Illinois privacy law
Lawsuits by employees over the use of fingerprint time clocks could cost companies millions in damages. -
Edgar County Watchdogs file suit in connection with Mautino investigation
It’s been nearly a year-and-a-half since an Illinois good government group raised eyebrows over questionable campaign spending by the state’s auditor general, and now the organization is suing over Auditor General Frank Mautino’s failure to respond to records requests. -
Rauner issues amendatory veto of school finance bill
Gov. Bruce Rauner’s amendatory veto strips a Chicago bailout from Senate Bill 1, among other changes. -
Illinois needs to be a right-to-work state to compete for jobs
Illinois is surrounded by right-to-work states. Michigan, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, Iowa, and Wisconsin all have right-to-work laws protecting employees from forced unionism – as do the majority of U.S. States, 28 in all. -
School districts file opposition to Rauner, state’s motion to dismiss school funding dispute
In an opposition against the state’s motion to dismiss a dispute over school funding, several school districts argue that the “voluntary” Learning Standards are mandated by required tests that help define the students’ college admission. -
Chicago bailout puts downstate and suburban students at risk of missing school
In trying to force a Chicago bailout, proponents of Senate Bill 1 are throwing hundreds of thousands of downstate and suburban students into limbo.