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$8.5 billion. This is a big deal.
“Recently, on the same day, I received five over-size, glossy political postcards from Gov. Bruce Rauner. The cards told the most outrageous, bald-faced lies about an opponent that I have ever read. As I digested the messages, I became sick to my stomach.”
Comment: Rauner has been absolutely scorched by writers on the left, right and center about this, and rightly so, but the buck stops with him, not his consultants.
More on that new WalletHub study.
The ruling will affect about 28,000 caregivers — mostly part time — employed by the Illinois Department of Human Services through the Home Services Program.
The Better Government Association today announced the appointment of a new chief executive officer, David Greising, who will succeed long-time BGA CEO Andy Shaw in leading one of Illinois’ premier nonpartisan, civic watchdog organizations.
The exorbitant property taxes on homes priced more than $200,000 likely is a big reason why people aren’t upgrading, experts have said, and it’s creating a situation where there isn’t much movement, as prospective buyers are left without many options.
Comment: Respecting their recent work in IL and Chicago, yes, they’ve done a pretty good job avoiding bias, except on the hit piece on IL Policy Inst they co-authored with the Sun-Times, which was disgraceful.
Ted talks to the Morning Newswatch about how the state’s teacher pension funding scheme is regressive. Wealthy districts, with higher salaries and bigger bureaucracies, benefit most from state pension funding.
Read on to compare your local school district’s pension subsidy to others around the state.
No, Illinois is no Florida. But we’d be dumb not take some lessons from their success.
Illinois continues to grow its spending by borrowing, enacting massive tax hikes and growing its unpaid bills, even as its tax base shrinks. Florida, in contrast, has grown its spending by growing its economy and its tax base.
We now have the first study on total state and local tax burdens done since Illinois raised its income tax rate last year. Illinois has the highest burden — 51st among other states and DC. That’s no surprise since rankings done before the tax hike already had Illinois at or near the highest tax burden. Illinoisans pay a staggering 38% more in state and local taxes than the average American with median national household income, according to the study. And that’s the right metric to look at in the study: total taxes in different states on a given amount of
A Chicago Tribune investigation found several offshore shell companies created between 2008 and 2011 — long after Abram “A. N.” Pritzker’s 1986 death — that are either wholly owned by J.B. Pritzker, his brother and business partner Anthony Pritzker, or list other close associates as controlling executives.
The combination of Pritzker’s sprawling wealth, his decision not to release anything but the first two pages of his personal income tax returns, and the veiled existence of offshore companies tied to his businesses makes it difficult to determine the full scope of his assets or whether the Democratic governor candidate’s own financial
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