Ted joined Dan and Amy to talk about the host of new bills about to be signed by Governor Pritzker, why Medicaid is severely underfunded, why there are no true accountability measures for programs that waste taxpayer money, why most Republicans refuse to put up a fight against bills that harm the state, and more.
Read more from Wirepoints:
- Some of the dumb new laws from the Illinois General Assembly
- Another 52 shot, 10 murdered in Chicago this weekend. How long will Mayor Johnson avoid deterrence?
- Illinois lawmakers hike their own salaries 27%, to nearly $90,000, in one year
- Illinoisans aren’t better off under Gov. Pritzker’s budgets, economy
A set of state lawmakers want to extend CPS’ current school closing moratorium to February 1, 2027 – the same year CPS is set to transition to a fully-elected school board. That means schools like Manley High School, with capacity for more than 1,000 students but enrollment of just 78, can’t be closed for anther three years. The school spends $45,000 per student, but just 2.4% of students read at grade level.
Hopefully, all media will get the message, in Illinois, too.
Ted joined Tom Miller of WJPF to talk about Illinois’ highest-in-the-nation property taxes, why lawmakers don’t want to touch the tax’s cost drivers, just how much Illinoisans’ tax burden has grown over the decades, why Gov. Pritzker failed to meet his promise to reform property taxes, and more.
It’s spent on personal stuff, received as “get-out-the-vote” services rendered. Do taxpayers really need to see the receipts? The politicians don’t think so!