http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-tax-reform-inversion-durbin-obama-edit-0730-jm-20140730,0,7166449.story

Republican Bruce Rauner may take the governorship of America’s worst-run state. http://www.nationalreview.com/article/383803/biggest-election-2014-stephen-moore

Bragging about an unconstitutional means to an unconstitutional end. Quinn’s new ad says his stunt to withhold legislator pay, which was unconstitutional, got us the 2013 pension bill, which is probably unconstitutional in light of the recent Kanerva decision. http://qctimes.com/news/local/government-and-politics/elections/quinn-s-new-ad-criticizes-his-democratic-colleagues/article_308fe12d-43bc-5b26-b4f1-ef7afcd93e9c.html

Why would Quinn’s numbers drop while the number of those voters who are undecided increase? A separate question on the poll indicates that Quinn’s support for making the 5% temporary income tax rate permanent may be having an effect. http://www.mystateline.com/story/d/story/poll-indicates-support-of-tax-increase-costing-qui/57029/7LM-psPGYUWoSkHg66-d_w?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Durbin, along with several democratic congressional members, introduced the No Federal Contracts for Corporate Deserters Act, which would ban the government from doing business with American companies trying to avoid taxes by setting up their headquarters overseas. http://www.mystateline.com/story/d/story/fed-up-with-corporate-tax-loopholes-durbin-unveils/15202/ljgxGKy9nEezIv8Al1orBg?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Adam Andrzejewski has a lot to say about the College of DuPage:  wine cellars, shooting clubs, a corrupted $20 million state grant, a college president’s $500,000 comp package and $600 million in construction projects. http://www.forbes.com/sites/adamandrzejewski/2014/07/29/the-real-financial-crisis-in-college/

Comment: Amen. http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2014/07/tea-party-leader-pleas-with-il-conservatives-to-put-on-big-boy-pants-support-rauner.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed: typepad/dlacomb/illinoisreview (illinoisreview)

http://politics.suntimes.com/article/springfield/rauner-pads-lead-against-quinn-new-poll/tue-07292014-737am

Despite thousands of dollars of new revenue flowing into their communities, not everyone is happy about it — and not all city leaders are betting on video gambling to shore up their often-stretched budgets. http://thesouthern.com/news/local/communities-ponder-use-of-video-gaming-funds/article_86a0aab3-da07-576b-8dd4-2733a89eddd1.html

Illinoisans have a reluctant love affair — or perhaps an unhappy arranged marriage — with government. With more than 8,400 government taxing bodies, Illinois tops the nation. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/matthew-dietrich/illinois-turbulent-love-a_b_5627955.html?utm_hp_ref=chicago&ir=Chicago