Comment: This is about California, but we warned about these dangers last year when the same program sailed through the General Assembly and was signed by Governor Rauner. See our article linked here.

Comment: That is, more towns and cities will be seized to pay for pensions. It’s happening.

Comment: Lame.

By Wirepoints‘ Mark Glennon. For the other side, see the article by AFSME’s Roberta Lynch linked here.

By Roberta Lynch of AFSCME. For the other side, see the article by Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon linked here.

State lawmakers are nearing a key test on whether Illinois will follow the lead of California, New York and other states and enact legislation designed to let Illinois taxpayers avoid a new cap on deducting state and local taxes on their federal income tax return.

Awaiting a final vote in the House is a bill that would give taxpayers a credit against state income-tax liability for contributions to a new state-chartered charity that would be used to support public grade and high schools in the state.

Virtue signalling never ends.

Comment: Don’t laugh. Socialists may well fill the void if and when The Machine collapses.

Eight Wall Street and regional banks and broker-dealers have been accused in a whistleblower suit of “widespread fraud and collusion” in connection with remarketing the variable rate demand obligations of state and local issuers in Illinois.

They see what I see: Soaring taxes at the state and local levels, crumbling roads, higher education in disarray and schools begging increasingly for additional funding. Public officials and public unions seemingly more concerned about their pay and pensions than doing the jobs they’ve been appointed to perform on our behalf.

A Republican lawmaker who wants to eliminate Algonquin Township in McHenry County is one step closer.

From a a former Republican candidate for Illinois Senate.