Op-Ed: Illinois on automatic keeps government running into the ditch – Center Square

Brad Weisenstein, of the Illinois Policy Institute: "Amendment 1 does a lot more than stop Illinois from becoming a right-to-work state. It uses the same constitutional tactic that has stopped Illinois from fixing its nation-leading $313 billion pension debt by declaring state lawmakers can pass no law that 'interferes with, negates, or diminishes' government union powers."
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Giddyap
1 year ago

Same goes for Failed Mayor Lightfoot’s automatic property tax hikes

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