Gov. Bruce Rauner issued an amendatory veto nixing fee hikes from a 911 service reauthorization bill lawmakers sent to his desk. Illinoisans already pay some of the nation’s highest taxes on their cellphones.
“I was born and raised on the South Side of Chicago. There’s just not a lot of jobs you can go to. “But we’ve grown a sustainable business. “If we close shop, the people in this community won’t have a place to go. Really the only jobs available are part-time for minimum wage … “People...
House Minority Leader Jim Durkin said he’s putting GOP votes on the spending plan that relies on more than $5 billion in new taxes.
Nine days of special session have cost Illinois taxpayers an additional $450,000 for just over two hours of work.
Much like other plans in the General Assembly before it, the House Democrats’ budget plan does nothing to structurally reform state government and bring down costs, but instead increases the burden on Illinois taxpayers.
The longtime lawmaker from Lemont, Illinois, will step down in the wake of the Senate’s failed “grand bargain.”
Polling shows that Illinoisans are overwhelmingly opposed to an income tax hike, and Illinois’ poor economic growth combined with wealth out-migration mean billions in tax hikes will only inflict further damage on a struggling state.
A new poll shows Gov. Bruce Rauner’s political base opposes the tax hike budget proposal the governor has supported. And Illinoisans who favor the tax hike budget proposal do not support Rauner.
Despite calls for new taxes from Republican lawmakers, Senate Bill 2216 contains funding for several grants across the state.
The Illinois Lottery will cease awarding prizes over $25,000 if a budget is not signed by July 1.
The Land of Lincoln is one of only six states to impose harsh restrictions on the sale and possession of fireworks.
On June 28 the Illinois House of Representatives failed to pass Senate Bill 484, an illusory property tax freeze that did not offer real reform, left Chicago homeowners out in the cold, and would have left in place an opaque and expensive property tax system that benefits special interests over taxpayers.