Do you live somewhere ‘tax friendly’? Map shows every state’s grade – The Hill
Illinois given an F, and ranked dead last among the states.
Illinois given an F, and ranked dead last among the states.
The order permits chief circuit judges to enter local orders approving the operational challenges documented by the Supreme Court and to order these hearings to be conducted remotely where necessary.
If Frerichs’ plan becomes law, the nonprofit investment pool would be structured in the same way as the Illinois Public Treasurer’s Investment Pool – also known as the Illinois Funds. The Illinois Funds allows units of government to invest their funds safely while benefiting from the economies of scale available through a pooled investment fund portfolio that exceeds $19 billion. The pool invests in liquid, high-quality short-term investments.
Attorney General Kwame Raoul’s office Monday filed an appeal directly to the Supreme Court after a Madison County judge last week ruled that a new state law which says constitutional challenges to state laws and actions can only be filed in Cook or Sangamon counties violated the due process rights of one plaintiff in a lawsuit in that jurisdiction.
The commission found the original plans lacked sufficient evidence that they would benefit low-income and traditionally disadvantaged communities – a requirement of CEJA – and that the plans didn’t demonstrate how the utilities would keep monthly bills affordable. Both ComEd and Ameran Illinois explicitly responded to those criticisms in their revised filings, including more in-depth calculations that suggest most of the benefits of grid modernization and clean energy will go toward historically disadvantaged and low-income communities.
Gallatin County and Alexander County, both in southern Illinois, each lost more than 30 people for every 1,000 residents, by far the fastest rates in the state. Stark County, Edwards County and White County experienced the next fastest declines.
Charles Pelkie, the chief of staff for the Will County Clerk’s Office, said 60 faulty vote-by-mail ballots went out but they sent corrected ballots to the affected precinct.
The legislation, like House Bill 5345, would nearly double the current required hourly wage for tipped employees, eliminating the sub-minimum wage for those workers. The tip credit elimination law will take effect in July in Chicago, which was opposed by the Illinois Restaurant Association.
The Illinois Association of County Clerks and Recorders is a proponent of Senate Bill 2131, which says clerks have to be paid at least 80 percent of what the state’s attorney in that county is paid and that the pay is to mostly come from state taxpayer funds. “[Under the proposed law] 80 percent of the salary would be reimbursed [by the state] and right now the state does that for public defenders, state’s attorneys, the assessor and the sheriff,” said McDonough County Clerk Gretchen DeJaynes.
State Sen. Terri Bryant said the governor can’t be trusted that the site closures would be temporary. “The Governor previously used the line of temporary closures when it came to both the DuQuion and Dixon Springs Structured Impact Programs in order to avoid the closure process laid out under the State Facilities Closure Act,” Bryant said. “To this day, neither site has been reopened despite line items within the budget.”
House Bill 5152 would give a $500 tax credit to anyone who moves to Illinois to teach, get or provide health care, including abortion and gender-affirming care, from states with more restrictive laws regarding access to lawful health care. “I’m not saying you have to come here and provide abortion care or provide gender-affirming care, because I am just as concerned about the emergency room physician who doesn’t want to have to watch a patient die,” State Rep. Kelly Cassidy said.
The executive order tasks the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services with leading the state’s effort to establish payment models and financial structures that support access to new sickle cell disease treatments and other new high cost drugs and treatment within the Illinois Medicaid program, and creates the Advisory Council on Financing and Access to Sickle Cell Disease Treatment and Other High-Cost Drugs and Treatment.
Chicago, in the blue state of Illinois, appears for the moment to be bucking that trend. Company representatives who spoke with Crain’s say they remain committed to their efforts designed to address opportunity inequities.
Currently, companies can be held liable in civil court for $1,000 in damages for each violation; it means every time an employee uses their fingerprint to punch the clock or enter a restricted area, the company could be held liable if they did not get consent. If the proposal becomes law, damages would change to $1,000 per person.
The Task Force report proposes changes to the Pretrial Fairness Act appeal process that aim to balance efficiency with thorough review of pretrial release decisions. There are many more appeals since the Pretrial Fairness Act was implemented on September 18th, 2023. The number of appeals went from an average of 17 per year to a projected 4,557.
Teachers unions have donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to certain Republican candidates’ state legislative primary campaigns, a national trend that can be seen in incumbent state Rep. Adam Niemerg and primary challenger Jim Acklin’s race for the 102nd Illinois House seat.
Matt Paprocki, of the Illinois Policy Institute: “Illinois’ modest improvements to its fiscal health was buoyed by temporary federal aid that also grew spending to unprecedented levels. The state budget has increased by nearly $13 billion since Pritzker took office. Now that it’s run out, Pritzker’s balancing the budget on the backs of recovering suburban businesses and offering ‘tax relief’ by cutting funding sources for local governments.”
The push comes after similar efforts in Michigan and Minnesota shook Biden’s reelection campaign, with more than 150,000 voters choosing to vote “uncommitted” over the president in those states’ primaries. “Uncommitted” isn’t a ballot option in Illinois, so groups are instead calling voters to either leave the presidential ticket blank or write in “Gaza.” The Chicago area is home to the largest Palestinian population in the U.S.
Spring enrollment at Illinois Community Colleges increased for the second straight year system-wide. Opening Spring 2024 enrollment increased by 5.1 percent from the previous spring according to the Illinois Community College Board’s Spring 2024 Enrollment Report.
Farm Bureau president and Ogle County farmer Brian Duncan tells Brownfield they’re watching several proposals closely. “Illinois adopting California emission standards; allowing municipalities to reach out and place restrictions on crop protection products is one we’re going to be talking about. … Certainly, we don’t want to go down the California prop 12 road.”
The company also has plans to build a subsidized facility in Manteno. The company has drawn the attention of the House Select Committee on the CCP and prompted legislation to be introduced on Capitol Hill. Gotion Inc.’s plans have become an animating issue in the township’s local politics, with many locals expressing their discontent with the company’s presence because of its ties to China and the CCP by way of Gotion High-Tech.
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