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From DuPage Policy Journal
After more than four hours of debate, House passes bills covering education, water systems, voter data
Creating and altering bills on education, public and private water systems, and election data privacy drove the April 19 House floor debate into hours of discussion.
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General Assembly gives itself another month to reach budget accord
The General Assembly will meet in a continuous session through June to try to put a budget in place for the new fiscal year, which begins on July 1.
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Freshmen legislators vent frustration at failure of budget deal
Many freshmen lawmakers say the crash and burn they saw on Wednesday night came about because the Democrats don't know how to drive.
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Businesses will take hike before taking tax hike, industry pro says
Raising taxes on commercial and industrial real estate in Illinois could be great business for neighboring states, where many former Illinois manufacturers have already fled, Mike Denzler, vice president of the Illinois Manufacturing Association, suggested recently.
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Proft: Grand Bargain "neither grand nor is it a bargain"
Dan Proft summed up his thoughts on the state's so-called "grand bargain" compromise budget plan this way: "It is neither grand nor is it a bargain."
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Senate takes small steps toward 'grand bargain'
The Illinois Senate started taking votes on Tuesday on smaller elements of its so-called “grand bargain” in hopes of finally putting an end to the state’s 20-month odyssey of operating without a budget.
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Manufacturing group CEO: State has become its worst enemy
Illinois needs to get its fiscal house in order, undergo regulatory reform, overhaul its tax code and retool its education system to save the middle class, Illinois Manufacturers' Association President and CEO Greg Baise said during a recent news conference at the state Capitol in Springfield.