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The primary reason Republicans rose in opposition was due to the exclusion of the state’s $75 million tax credit program that supports private school scholarships. A possibility remains for a continuation of the program during the fall veto session, but Sen. Chapin Rose said the decision to not act now will have major ramifications in the upcoming school year. Sen. Sue Rezin called the exclusion a "missed opportunity" by lawmakers.
Summary and audio linked here.
Chicago’s political leadership is floating a pension buyout program as evidence it is seriously addressing the city’s thirty-six-billion-dollar unfunded pension liability, but Mark Glennon, founder of the Illinois policy research organization Wirepoints, said that the proposal moves debt from one column to another rather than reducing it, and that the broader fiscal picture facing the city continues to deteriorate across every measurable dimension. Audio here.
Expect no retraction or apology. This what they do.
The state’s existing buyout program for its own pensions is the precedent for Chicago, which should be a warning: Look out for similar exaggerated claims and shoddy analysis.
Full interview and summary linked here.
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Why is it Democrats on the national stage are pro war and against things that benefit people of color while conservatives are the opposite? School choice benefits the 92% that can’t read at grade level. Their true colors are showing.