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Passionate in addressing community challenges: St. Philip alum Moylan votes ‘yes’ on budget removing Invest In Kids tax scholarship program
While State Rep. Marty Moylan (D-Des Plaines) is "passionate in solving the community’s most pressing challenges while creating opportunities," according to his website, he has not shown support for extending the Invest In Kids Tax Credit Scholarship program.
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Del Mar, study: Progressive tax could cost 4,000 jobs in DuPage County, 56,000 statewide
With each passing day, Palatine Township Republican Committee chairman Aaron Del Mar argues that Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s disconnect from the people he’s supposed to represent rears its head more and more.
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Rep. Morrison tells voters 'the power for change is all in your hands'
Illinois state Rep. Tom Morrison (R-Palatine) is on a mission to convince voters of just how much power they wield, and how important it is that they use it now that the state's population is plummeting at record levels.
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From Prairie State Wire
New session will reveal how serious Pritzker is about independent mapmaking
All eyes will be on Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker at the start of the new session to see if the Democratic leader has any intention of making good on his pledge to bring fair electoral mapmaking to the state.
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From Prairie State Wire
Illinois property taxes continue to stifle housing market, IPI reports
Housing sales in Illinois continue to lag below the national average as the state's rising property taxes have all but crippled the market.
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Rep. Morrison calls for lawmakers, voters to stand up for developmentally disabled Illinoisans
Illinois Policy Institute (IPI) reports that teachers and state workers' unions were among the biggest winners emerging from the most recent legislative session in Springfield, but the government watchdog website also laments the fact that resources for the state's developmentally disabled barely registered on lawmakers' radar.
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From Prairie State Wire
Illinois’ pension debt remains worst in the nation
Illinois’ record-setting 2017 income tax hike has done little to slow the state’s rising pension costs, leaving state taxpayers on the hook for nearly $250 billion in unfunded public pension liability.
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From Prairie State Wire
Motorists get no relief from periodic efforts to eliminate Illinois' toll system, IPI reports
The prospect of Illinois' tollways becoming “freeways” has proven to be an agonizingly slow process that still has not come close to fruition.
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Cook County home values slump while property taxes rise, report finds
Average home prices in Cook County have slumped by nearly a third in value over the last decade while property taxes have continued to skyrocket, according to a Federal Housing Finance Agency report.
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From Prairie State Wire
State spending 36 percent of money allocated for education on pension costs
Illinois Policy recently released a new study detailing how pension costs are negatively impacting budgets throughout the state’s school districts.
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From Prairie State Wire
IPI report illustrates just how unsustainable are Illinois' broken pension systems
Over the last 30 days, Illinois’ already overtaxed state-run pension systems have added at least 651 retired government workers that are projected to average $1.3 million in lifetime pension benefits, according to an Illinois Policy Institute (IPI) report.
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Pro-growth policies and less spending can help lead us out of housing decline, Rep. Morrison says
A new Federal Housing Finance report finds that at a time when average home values were down by more than 20 percent in Illinois, property taxes were on the rise by nearly half that much, leaving many state residents in a quandary that has only added to the state’s outmigration exodus.
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Illinois Policy Institute reports that capital spending plan teems with pork-barrel projects
Illinois state Rep. Tom Morrison (R-Palatine) has a simple rule of thumb for how he determines what is in the best interest of the people in his 54th District.
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North Suburb educators oppose Illinois school efficiency bill
More than 130 Illinois public school administrators who signed witness slips in opposition to a bipartisan bill that aims to consolidate Illinois school districts make six-figure salaries, according to an analysis compiled this week.
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From Prairie State Wire
Federal probe into Pritzker's 'scheme to defraud' could land him in unfortunate company, IPI reports
With news that he is now under federal review, newly elected Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker finds himself in dubious company.
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From Prairie State Wire
Coming up short: Illinois Policy Institute picks apart Pritzker's 'false promise'
An Illinois Policy Institute (IPI) review finds Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s new progressive-tax plan might not be everything it’s being promoted to be.
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From DuPage Policy Journal
Only 3 other states, District of Columbia have $15 minimum wage
If a current Senate bill clears the House and is signed into law, Illinois will join three other states and the District of Columbia in soon paying a minimum wage of $15 per hour.
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From Prairie State Wire
IPI: FBI's secret Madigan recordings in affidavit reveal nothing new about speaker's operations
Illinois's powerful House Speaker Michael Madigan (D-Chicago), earlier today revealed to be a target in the same FBI investigation that led to an extortion indictment against a Chicago alderman, is not accused of anything new, a think tank reported.
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Janus didn't settle union dues question after all, attorney says
Would-be nonunion members who thought the U.S. Supreme Court's Janus decision had codified their right not to pay compulsory collective bargaining dues are discovering the unions have an out, according to a lawsuit filed last month.
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Baumer says key to budget reform lies in prioritizing statewide needs
In light of a recent bombshell report showing up to $100 million in annual state government waste, state House candidate Katy Dolan Baumer said the figure confirmed a long-held belief.