Springfield
A bill currently making its way through the Illinois Senate that
would require public-held companies to report how much they pay in state
income taxes is being lauded by a local community group as being a
first step toward creating a more equitable tax structure, while
business leaders have decried the measure, alleging it could further
perpetuate the state’s reputation of being a bad place to do business.
At their massive downtown Chicago rally today, the National Nurses
United union stuck with a script they developed prior to President
Barack Obama relocating this weekend’s G8 economic summit from Chicago
to Camp David – advocacy for developed nations to impose a tax on
financial transactions. 
A group of about 150 Chicagoans belonging to 15 community and labor organizations drove to Detroit Tuesday evening to join in a protest today of General Electric’s tax breaks at the company’s GM Renaissance Center during the company's annual meeting.
