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In its current form, the HB 910 mega-project bill allows developers to pay a small “special payment” in exchange for lucrative 45-year property tax breaks and allows local governments to shift every dollar of lost tax revenue onto unsuspecting taxpayers.
The officers were transferred to Illinois Masonic, where they were listed in critical condition.
“Anyone who’s watched a Three Stooges short gets a laugh when Moe, Larry and Curly run for a doorway only to get stuck — but, minus the sound effects, it’s a lot less entertaining when the players are the people we’ve entrusted to run this state. Sure, democracy is messy.”
Illinois Policy Institute policy researcher Ravi Mishra said the cost per mile is more than double the price of similar projects in other cities, and questioned the allocation of almost $1 billion in tax increment financing dollars for the project when Illinois has the highest property taxes in the country.
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