Rahm to Springfield: State gas tax needs to at least double
Rahm to Springfield: State gas tax needs to at least double
Departing Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel accelerated calls to boost Illinois’ gas tax to pay for local transportation projects.
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel endorses pension amendment to Illinois Constitution
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel endorses pension amendment to Illinois Constitution
Outgoing Mayor Rahm Emanuel is publicly pushing for a constitutional amendment to the state’s pension clause. Pension reform is the only way to combat rising property taxes and prevent further budget chaos in Illinois state and local governments.
Seal-Rite Door exits Rockford for Wisconsin
Seal-Rite Door exits Rockford for Wisconsin
Seal-Rite’s doors are hardly the first to close in Illinois and reopen in the Badger State.
Fitch warns against CTBA’s reckless pension plan
Fitch warns against CTBA’s reckless pension plan
Fitch Ratings has issued a warning about a pension plan pushed by one Illinois think tank, which includes no reform and would harm the state’s credit rating. The response from the Center for Tax and Budget Accountability proves how indefensible the plan really is.
Illinois pension guarantee: stuck
Illinois pension guarantee: stuck
More than 70 Belleville-area school retirees are pension millionaires
More than 70 Belleville-area school retirees are pension millionaires
Pension payouts collected by the Belleville area’s top-earning school retirees underscore the need to reform Illinois’ unaffordable pension system.
Steel manufacturer shutters Illinois plant, takes 100 jobs to Indiana
Steel manufacturer shutters Illinois plant, takes 100 jobs to Indiana
Alliance Steel Corp. will move 100 jobs to Gary, Indiana, with plans to add 30 more.
Carterville passes largest property tax hike in city history to pay for pensions
Carterville passes largest property tax hike in city history to pay for pensions
Pension costs now consume nearly 70 percent of the city’s annual property tax levy. It may not be enough.
Happy 200th Birthday, Illinois
Happy 200th Birthday, Illinois
Chicago anticipated to be nation’s weakest major housing market in 2019
Chicago anticipated to be nation’s weakest major housing market in 2019
A study by realtor.com ranks the Chicago region’s housing market slowest of 100 U.S. metro areas for 2019. That stat could be fixed, or made worse.
Happy birthday: The solution that never was to Illinois’ pension crisis
Happy birthday: The solution that never was to Illinois’ pension crisis
Illinoisans should know lawmakers in the past made big moves to fix the state's worst-in-the-nation pension crisis. It’s politically possible. They just need a little reminder of our history.
Rock Island County hikes property taxes by nearly 12 percent
Rock Island County hikes property taxes by nearly 12 percent
County board members narrowly voted to hike the county’s property tax levy by nearly 12 percent to make up for a $500,000 shortfall.
Geneva teachers union strike leaves 5,800 students in the lurch
Geneva teachers union strike leaves 5,800 students in the lurch
Six years after last threatening to strike, the teachers union walked the picket line – a collective bargaining tactic not allowed in any of Illinois’ neighboring states.