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Trial lawyer accused of falsely leading debate on workers' comp
Stressing that Illinois’ insurance marketplace remains both competitive and ethical, the Illinois Policy Institute took issue with a series of claims made recently by Chicago-based personal injury lawyer Christopher Hurley.
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Survey: Illinois must spend less, not tax more
Illinois needs to cut back on spending and not even think about raising taxes, which are already too high, a majority of state residents said in a recent survey.
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Show property tax relief or show Illinoisans the door, tax expert argues
Chicago's collar counties pay some of the highest property tax rates in the country, proving again the need for a permanent property tax freeze in Illinois, Joe Kaiser of the Illinois Policy Institute argued recently.
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If budget hopes are scrapped, Illinois could become first 'junk' state
The chances that Illinois will reach a budget before May 31 and avoid seeing its bond rating lowered to the worst of any state in history are 50-50 at best, according to Mark Glennon, founder of the business and government website WirePoints told the Sangamon Sun recently.
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Bankruptcy bounces around as backup plan
After two years without a budget and a failed attempt to compromise on a "grand bargain," some in Illinois are asking whether bankruptcy is a viable way out of the state's financial morass.
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St. Louis blues called better than Illinois ills
Illinois has a peculiar way of making Missouri look good, a public policy group spokesperson said recently.
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Dems said to want blood, with taxpayers as the turnip
If one of the Democratic gubernatorial contenders were to unseat Bruce Rauner, Illinoisans had better be ready to have even the lint picked from their pockets, a think tank executive told the Sangamon Sun recently.
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Radio host predicts Rauner vs. Kennedy in 2018
Despite the aspirations of a billionaire, a state senator and a school superintendent, the Democratic Party will probably be backing the man with the political pedigree when the gubernatorial election takes place in 2018, a conservative radio host predicted recently.
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Tide turning in Illinois politics, think tank exec says
The April 4 elections revealed what some across Illinois have seen coming for awhile: The Democratic grip on the state is starting to loosen, a think tank executive said on a radio broadcast recently.
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State's 'illegal' streaming tax described as rerun from Chicago
lllinois failed to learn from a court-challenged Chicago ordinance when it tried to tax streaming services as part of the failed "grand bargain" in the Legislature, an attorney with a Libertarian justice advocacy group said recently.
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Good grief! GOP said to finally see comical Dem strategy
Playing political football with the "grand bargain" budget is a Democratic strategy to keep Republicans in the General Assembly in a super-minority while at the same time not getting blamed for raising taxes, the CEO of a conservative think tank said.
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Rauner chided for being more 'so what?' than 'so that'
Gov. Bruce Rauner, who recently donned a flannel shirt for a 2018 campaign ad, is badly off message, and he and his team need to regroup, the CEO of a Chicago-based think tank said on a radio broadcast recently.
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Senate urged to scrap proposed one-year spending cap
The one-year spending cap the Illinois Senate put in its “grand bargain” budget is a halfhearted, ineffective attempt at greater fiscal responsibility that panders to disgruntled taxpayers, a public policy group claims.
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Senate bill would take a cut of lawn care, group warns
An amendment to Senate Bill 9 has received a lot of press for its plans to impose a 6.25 percent sales tax on streaming services and cable TV, but the lllinois Policy Institute is warning homeowners that the bill also would grab some green from landscaping companies.
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Bacon, milkweed take center stage on Illinois House floor
The state of Illinois has $13 billion in unpaid bills and an estimated $130 billion in pension liability, but that's not obvious when looking at legislation lawmakers have put forward in the House lately, according to the Illinois Policy Institute.
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Illinoisans going out of state rather than out of work
Illinois employed 170,000 more workers before the Great Recession than it does today, the Illinois Policy Institute reported recently.
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Choice is easy: Get out or go broke, Illinois radio hosts say
Bad policymaking has punched holes in Illinois' borders and people are escaping at alarming rates, the co-hosts of a Chicago-based conservative radio talk show said recently.
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Analyst: Illinois mayors make mint as state's IOUs mount
Several mayors in relatively small Illinois cities make more than the leaders of major metropolises throughout the world, according to a recent article by Joe Kaiser of Illinois Policy.
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Illinois households saddled with $56,000 tax burden to pay government employees' retirement debt
Taxpayers across Illinois are saddled with a major tax burden, a recent report from the Illinois Policy Institute concluded.
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Policy group says sugary drink tax could fizzle
While a proposed tax on sugary drinks could pour as much as $560 million into the state’s coffers every year and perhaps put a lid on obesity, it will no doubt be tough for beverage producers to swallow, a public policy group warned recently.