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by Angela Caputo
4:44pm
Tue Oct 20, 2009
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Burns: "The State Of Illinois Is Not A Business"

Chicago Tonight

Yesterday evening, Carol Marin convened a roundtable of state legislators on WTTW's Chicago Tonight to talk about the latest developments in the fall veto session. Not surprisingly, the conversation quickly turned to an item that's conspicuously absent from Springfield's ...

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by Adam Doster
2:00pm
Tue Oct 20, 2009
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IL-GOV: New Report Details Major Flaw In Hynes Tax Plan

Dan Hynes

Though you wouldn't know it from their recent back-and-forth on the
airwaves, when it comes to the need for fundamental tax reform in
Illinois, Gov. Pat Quinn and Democratic gubernatorial challenger Dan
Hynes actually agree more than they disagree. Both understand that ...

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by Adam Doster
11:00am
Mon Oct 19, 2009
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MAP Grant Solution Reached, Larger Questions Remain

Sun-Times

Half of the 2009 fall veto session is now on the books and one
legislative priority lawmakers identified before they trekked down to
Springfield -- funding for the Monetary Awards Program (MAP) -- has
been partially resolved. Yesterday, Gov. Pat Quinn signed a law
that ...

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by Josh Kalven
11:01am
Fri Oct 16, 2009
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Progress Illinois On WTTW

Taxes

As we noted in our daily email digest yesterday afternoon (which you can subscribe to here), I appeared on WTTW last night where I discussed the state budget with the Illinois Policy Institute's John Tillman and Sheila Weinberg of the Institute for Truth in Accounting. As you'...

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by Angela Caputo
5:15pm
Thu Oct 15, 2009

"Please, Please Stop The Cuts"

State Legislature

Right on cue, nearly 1,000 members of the Responsible Budget Coalition traveled to Springfield today to keep the heat on lawmakers. The coalition wants the General Assembly to face up to the consequences
of adopting a deadbeat budget back in July that ignores $3.2 billion
...

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by Angela Caputo
1:59pm
Thu Oct 15, 2009

More Evidence Of Illinois' Revenue Crisis

State budget

Illinois' budget news just keeps getting worse. After briefing
legislative leaders on the state's finances, budget director David
Vaugh told the AP
yesterday that an $850 million drop in income tax revenues, coupled
with a $50 million hit to gaming revenues, means the ...

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by Josh Kalven
11:37am
Thu Oct 15, 2009

IL-GOV: What The Tax Debate Is Really About

Dan Hynes

With gubernatorial challenger Dan Hynes releasing his second negative ad against Gov. Pat Quinn yesterday, the contours of the looming debate between these two candidates is becoming clear.  Watch his latest spot:

As he has done in both his ads...

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by Adam Doster
11:01am
Wed Oct 14, 2009
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Illinois Tax Receipts By The Numbers

Taxes

If you need to renew your driver's license, it just got a little bit more expensive. This week, Illinois tripled
the license renewal fee from $10 to $30, the first increase since 1983.
By January, the cost of acquiring an annual registration sticker and
correcting car ...

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by Angela Caputo
2:49pm
Tue Oct 13, 2009

The Cost Of Inaction

State Legislature

It's been three months since lawmakers and the governor signed off
on a stop-gap budget that neglected $3.2 billion worth of bills and
borrowed $3.5 billion more. As a result, Illinois' debts continue to pile up. Because there's still no plan in place to reimburse them, ...