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The problem with Illinois’ chronic outflows is that one year’s losses don’t only affect the tax base the year they leave, but they also hurt all subsequent years. The losses pile up on top of each other, year after year, damaging the state’s tax base.
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Over 9,000 school administrators earned more than $100,000 per year, and they’ll each receive $3 million or more in pension benefits during their retirements, according to a Illinois Policy Institute analysis. While school districts pay administrators’ salaries and benefits through local property taxes, state taxpayers are on the hook for those pension costs.
The work permit process starts with a letter from a parent or guardian to the child’s school asking for an employment certificate. The school administrator then reviews the criteria and determines if a work permit will be issued. Criteria for approval include the safety of the child in the potential workplace.
Under the new legislation landlords are prohibited from evicting or retaliating against a tenant based on their citizenship or immigration status. They are also not allowed to intimidate tenants by disclosing or threatening to disclose a tenant’s citizenship or immigration status to any person, entity, or immigration or law enforcement agency.
The utility amassed $30 million in bad debt just in the first half of 2019, about double last year’s pace, as heating bills continue to rise and collection efforts remain muted. The cost gets passed on to paying customers.
Illinois is 3rd highest.
Thank you to our tipster for making this a national story and to teachers who know the difference between right and wrong.
Illinois Tier 2 teachers, with their 9% contributions, and using the plan’s valuation assumptions, are actually subsidizing everyone else.
A judge is about to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate Foxx, while the Democratic bosses of Cook County don’t need to hear what that probe might uncover.
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