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State social service agencies sue in St. Clair County to force timely payments for services
A group of state human and social service agencies and companies filed suit today in St. Clair County against Gov. Bruce Rauner and other state officials to force timely payments for services performed. -
New Trier High School avoids diversity like the plague
It should be obvious that it’s not ideological diversity that we find in government schools today. It’s ideological incest committed by leftists. And the kind of de facto censorship of conservative ideas that is corrupting New Trier’s All-School Seminar Day is what transmogrifies education into indoctrination. -
John Cullerton feeds the rumor mill to deflect blame for his failures
Rumor has it that State Senate President John Cullerton (D-Chicago) is “frustrated” with the current Illinois budget crisis and is contemplating retirement. -
Herndon to be inducted into 'Trial Lawyer Hall of Fame'; Fellow inductee is AAJ chief Lipsen
U.S. District Judge David Herndon will be inducted into The Trial Lawyer Hall of Fame in April at the Mass Torts Made Perfect (MTMP) conference in Las Vegas, alongside American Association for Justice president Linda Lipsen. -
Proposed payroll tax seen as burden on business
While it might not be such a problem for big businesses to absorb a proposed "Business Opportunity" tax - "for the privilege of doing business in the state" - small business owners could suffer the greatest. -
Illinois Policy Institute proposes property tax freeze, moving pensions to self-managed plans, no tax increase
The Illinois Policy Institute outlined a budget reform plan today that would balance the state budget and close a projected $7.1 billion budget deficit without raising taxes. -
Illinois loses 16,700 jobs in face of new tax proposals
Illinois lost 16,700 payroll jobs in December 2016, according to a Jan. 20 report from the Illinois Department of Employment Security, or IDES. -
'Grand Bargain' budget is 'irresponsible overspending,' McCarter says
One of six state senators who have pledged not to raise income taxes from the current level of 3.75 to 4.95 percent is Kyle McCarter, a Republican from Lebanon. -
Illinois held hostage to a 'Grand Bargain'
No one should be surprised that group think instead of rational choices surround the 13 interconnected bills of the “Grand Bargain.” It is wholly predictable given the longevity of the Senate leaders involved. -
AG Madigan's intervention in AFSCME suit seeks to end worker pay
Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan seeks to break a protracted budget stalemate between Gov. Bruce Rauner and legislators in about five weeks in St. Clair County Circuit Court. -
McCarter lashes out at Senate leaders for wasting legislators' time and taxpayers' money
State Sen. Kyle McCarter, who has pledged not to vote for increasing state income taxes, said he hopes lawmakers will spend the next two weeks figuring out how to make government smaller - not figuring out more creative ways to take taxpayers' money. -
Senate adopts leadership term limits while House again adopts 'Madigan's rules'
SPRINGFIELD – Newly adopted term limits for the Illinois Senate president and minority leader were approved on the new General Assembly's first day earlier this month, but any kind of similar proposal for leaders in the lower chamber will not likely advance under "Madigan's rules." -
The Illinois state senators who pledged not to raise income taxes
Pressure is mounting on lawmakers in Springfield to go along with a “compromise” budget plan that would raise income taxes on every Illinoisan. Illinois Senate President John Cullerton, D-Chicago, and Minority Leader Christine Radogno, R-Lemont, have thrown their support behind a proposed budget plan that would raise state income taxes to 4.95 percent from the current level of 3.75 percent. -
Democrat Party’s alienation of rural America similar to urban rejection of Republicans
As the inauguration of Donald J. Trump approaches, there’s one setting that’s likely to celebrate rather than resist the coming transition of power – rural America. -
AFSCME uses fake 'compromise' to set stage for state worker strike
AFSCME – the state’s largest government-worker union – spent two years pushing for contract provisions that would cost state taxpayers billions. Now that the union has lost before the state labor board, it has issued a “framework” for compromise. But that “framework” is merely a publicity stunt to make the union appear reasonable while union leaders threaten a strike to obtain contract provisions that burden state taxpayers. -
Illinois residents could face sticker shock over beverage tax proposal
SPRINGFIELD – If you think you're already paying too much for sweetened liquid refreshments, hold on to your wallet. If approved by the Illinois General Assembly and signed into law, Senate Bill 9 would sharply raise the price consumers pay for packaged sodas, syrup-based coffee drinks and tea. -
Lawmaker proposes statewide 'Zombie Preparedness Month'
In one of the first proposals of the new General Assembly, state Rep. Chris Welch, D-Westchester, proposed making October 2017 “zombie preparedness month.” -
Tort reform group wants action to stop 'junk' suits in Illinois courts
A civil justice reform group is seeking to advance legislative proposals that would help eliminate "junk” lawsuits in Illinois courts. -
Illinois judge and attorney groups to host annual joint convention
CHICAGO — Illinois Senate President John J. Cullerton will speak at an annual lunch gathering of judges and attorneys in the state. -
Property taxes mount on 'Home Alone' house
2016 was a tough year for the owners of 671 Lincoln Ave. The red-brick, Georgian house in Winnetka, Ill., was made famous by the 1990 Christmas hit, “Home Alone,” but in real life, it’s not crowbar-wielding burglars coming for the family’s money, but the Cook County government.