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Letting pension system fail described as tough love for Illinois
Mike “Mish” Shedlock, who runs the blog “MishTalk.com,” believes imposing more taxes on Illinoisans with the biggest pensions can solve the pension crisis.
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Illinois Opportunity Project leader joins Rauner campaign push
Gov. Bruce Rauner's campaign committee has hired Matt Besler, president of the Illinois Opportunity Project, as its chief adviser, the non-profit advocacy announced on Monday.
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Rauner seen as giving political ammunition to 2018 rivals
Gov. Bruce Rauner has dug a hole it's going to be tough to climb out of before the 2018 elections, Patrick Hughes, co-founder of the Illinois Opportunity Project, said on the radio show "Illinois Rising" recently.
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Rauner urged to drive his message home: 'I am on your side'
Illinois' Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner needs to get on TV and in the public eye with a new narrative to win re-election next year, a conservative pundit said during a recent conservative radio talk show.
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Legislators need to know how much measures will cost, pundit argues
It's time for fiscal notes -- effectively the price tag on new legislation introduced into the General Assembly -- to be required in Illinois as a common sense way for lawmakers to understand how much new laws will cost taxpayers, a conservative pundit said during a recent radio talk show.
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Linking Dem gubernatorial hopefuls to Madigan called strategic mistake
GOP attempts to tie presumed Democrat 2018 gubernatorial front-runners J.B. Pritzker and Chris Kennedy to Illinois' powerful State House Speaker Mike Madigan and his high-tax programs will not help re-elect Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner, a conservative pundit said during a recent radio talk show.
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Economist says something's got to give: pensions or public schools
Public sector employees and retirees might accept less than their constitutionally protected pensions if they understand it's them or public education, an economist said on a recent Chicago-based radio show.
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Pennsylvania points way for Illinois pension fix, analyst says
Illinois’ pension crisis is dire but will ultimately follow the precedent set by Pennsylvania, which has passed bipartisan legislation to deal with its own such crisis, a think tank analyst from that state said on a radio talk show recently.
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Budget work described as cover for Dems' real goal of kicking out Rauner
For all the talk about the urgency of reaching a balanced budget, it was more political theater than honest effort before the spring legislative session ended in Springfield, the founder of an online news outlet said on a radio talk show recently.
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Property tax breaks could also break Rauner, Kennedy hopes, radio host says
The sweetheart deals the two Democrat favorites for Illinois governor got on their property tax assessments could well come back to bite them, a radio show co-host said recently.
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'Panicked' Democrats fear House downfall after approving school funding bill, radio host says
Democratic state lawmakers showed their true colors in May when they demanded an investigation into an article about apparently doomed school funding legislation, a radio show co-host said recently.
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Democratic lawmakers, lobbyists have no interest in helping state taxpayers, Ives contends
Democratic legislators were not acting for the good of Illinois when they orchestrated the most recent failure to reach a balanced budget, Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) said on a Chicago radio show recently.
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Taxpayers say 'reform,' but lawmakers hear 'more taxes,' policy pro says
Illinois lawmakers betray their ignorance of the needs and opinions of taxpayers when they pass huge tax increases as a way out of the ongoing budget impasse, a policy expert said on a radio program recently.
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Hughes hopes clock runs out on Democrats' 'grand bargain'
Even if a “grand bargain” budget is passed this legislative session, it “will not help the people of Illinois,” Patrick Hughes vowed on a recent broadcast of radio show "Illinois Rising."
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'Absurd' math used to calculate 'Comeback Agenda,' financial pro says
There won't be any coming back for high-wage earners who will exit Illinois in a hurry if the so-called "Illinois Comeback Agenda" passes, a financial services professional said.
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Analysis: Illinois 'collar counties' especially hard hit by property taxes
A nonpartisan report on property taxes in the U.S. quantifies just how painful property taxes are in Illinois' collar state and has a direct correlation to the huge out-migration registered in those states, a Conservative pundit said during a recent radio talk show.
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No mystery in botched budget pursuit, radio host says
If Illinoisans have been on the edge of their seats waiting for the state government to come to an agreement on a balanced budget, an activist suggested a reason during a Chicago-based radio talk show recently: The situation is like something from a suspense movie.
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Aurora, Algonquin upset victories may indicate trend, radio host says
Upset victories in Aurora and Algonquin Township may indicate a possible trend of unseating incumbents in state level and municipal elections, co-hosts of a Chicago-based radio talk show said during a recent episode.
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Radio hosts lament missed opportunities for voters
Less than a quarter of eligible voters turned out to cast ballots in Illinois elections this month despite very good reasons to do so, the co-hosts of a Chicago-based radio talk show said recently.
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California public employee near-strike experience not easily compared with Illinois, public policy advocate says
As Illinoisans watch the ongoing tussle between Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner and the state's largest public employee union, some are considering what California's response was to a looming strike in December, a public policy official from that state said during a recent interview.