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Measure would cast streaming tax from any budget deal

By Caitlin Nordahl | Apr 19, 2017

A resolution that would bar a budget agreement from applying a 6.25 percent sales tax to internet streaming services like Netflix, Spotify and Xbox Live is expected to reach the House floor soon, a non-profit public advocacy group says.

Health care records called particularly vulnerable to cyber crime

By Caitlin Nordahl | Apr 18, 2017

Health care and workers’ compensation data are remarkably susceptible to hacking, leaving some people open to a range of identity theft crimes, the law firm of Keefe, Campbell, Biery & Associates warned recently.

Illinoisans told to take consolidation into their own hands

By Caitlin Nordahl | Apr 16, 2017

A public policy group is calling on Illinoisans to demand that the Senate follow the House's lead and approve a bill that would allow voters to decide to consolidate local governments.

School inequality blamed on imbalance in property taxes

By Caitlin Nordahl | Apr 14, 2017

In Illinois, it appears that the poor get poorer and the rich get educated, according to a recent report by the Better Government Association (BGA).

Houses moves to block streaming sales tax

By Caitlin Nordahl | Apr 12, 2017

Illinoisans will get to keep streaming their TV programs, music and everything else without paying additional sales tax if the Senate heeds the House's recently approved resolution to keep such a tax out of the "grand bargain" budget.

Non-profit will offer some Capitol thoughts on news coverage

By Caitlin Nordahl | Apr 12, 2017

The Better Government Association (BGA) will host an Idea Forum on Statehouse coverage on May 8, the public advocacy group announced recently.

Pritzker accused of long push for higher income taxes

By Caitlin Nordahl | Apr 12, 2017

J.B. Pritzker has advocated for returning the state income tax to 5 percent since before he began his gubernatorial campaign, the Illinois Republican Party said recently.

Analyst: Illinois mayors make mint as state's IOUs mount

By Caitlin Nordahl | Apr 9, 2017

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.

Legislators urged to give Rauner a scissors, just in case

By Caitlin Nordahl | Apr 9, 2017

The General Assembly needs to pass a recently introduced bill that would give Gov. Bruce Rauner the power to cut spending on any fiscal year 2018 budget sent to him to ensure a balanced budget, an editor for the non-profit group Illinois Policy argued recently.