The Government Severance Pay Act would restrict outgoing officials from exiting office with excessive severance pay.
Three proposals that would ease occupational licensing restrictions have reached the House floor, passing unanimously out of committee.
Taxpayers have won the defensive battle against a progressive tax hike. Now it’s time for some offense.
A House bill that would allow communities to consolidate local township governments has earned support from both parties – and the opposition of township officials.
Police, firemen and other government workers will be laid off to cover pension costs.
A House bill that would allow for the dissolution of township governments in McHenry County has passed committee and is set to receive a vote.
Fifty lawmakers are taking a pledge to fight a progressive income tax in Illinois, denying progressive tax proponents the support needed to put a constitutional amendment on the ballot.
As examples of the type of progressive tax plan he would like to see in Illinois, J.B. Pritzker pointed to other Midwestern states. But imposing those income tax rates would raise taxes on the median Illinois family.
One rating agency cited Illinois’ “persistent crisis-like budget environment” as explanation for the state’s near-junk credit. A spending cap constitutional amendment and pension reform could go a long way toward putting the state on a healthier fiscal path.
Residents can recoup some costs after hitting one of the Windy City’s infamous potholes.
Under Illinois law, defaulting on student loan debt could jeopardize one’s occupational license. But a Senate bill would protect indebted workers from displacement.
The proposed $100.8 million budget will spend millions on police and fire pensions as well as a 3 percent pay raise for city workers.