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Elections board will be ‘toast’ without new computers by 2018 elections, official says

SPRINGFIELD -- Illinois’ ongoing budget problem has left the Illinois State Board of Elections in a financial hole so deep that agency officials claim they can’t afford the new computers they need to handle the number of candidates filing petitions to run in next year’s elections. Ken Menzel, general counsel for the board, said there are approximately 4,000 active campaign committees for 2018 and without at least $25,000 to replace obsolete equipment, the voting lines will be exceedingly long next […]

todayJune 20, 2017 94

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Coles County can’t fix debt by upping assessed value, group argues

MATTOON - Raising the equalized assessed value (EAV) can't dig a county out of millions of dollars in debt, according to a recent argument made by the Edgar County Watchdogs on their Illinois Leaks website. The watchdog group had reported on the Federal lawsuit between the City of Mattoon and Coles County over property assessments for the 2016 tax year. The city is currently $103 million in debt and operating with fiscal deficit of $720,000. Mattoon CUSD #2 is also […]

todayJune 19, 2017 103

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Skillicorn offers insight into budget plan at Crystal Lake town hall

Rep. Allen Skillicorn (R-East Dundee) will talk to constituents about his “Right Now” budget proposal and address concerns about the state’s budget impasse on June 26 at a town hall meeting, according to a press release. The hour-long meeting will start at 7 p.m. at Skillicorn's district office in Crystal Lake. Just before the end of the spring legislative session, Skillicorn filed a budget proposal that balanced the state’s revenue and spending without any tax increases, the press release said, adding […]

todayJune 18, 2017 40

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Governor Rauner Calls Lawmakers Back to Springfield to Pass Compromise Balanced Budget Plan

SPRINGFIELD – One day after House and Senate Republicans unveiled a compromise balanced budget plan to end the budget impasse, Governor Bruce Rauner today called lawmakers back to Springfield for a 10-day special session from Wednesday, June 21st through the June 30th fiscal year deadline. “Republicans in the General Assembly have laid out a compromise budget plan that I can sign,” Governor Rauner said in a video announcing special session. “It provides a true path to property tax reduction and […]

todayJune 15, 2017 126

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Hughes calls for ouster of CTU President Karen Lewis

Chicago Teachers Union members need to turn long-time President Karen Lewis out of office, a radio show co-host said during a recent broadcast. "Look, someone has to stop her," Illinois Opportunity Project co-founder Pat Hughes said during a recent edition of "Illinois Rising." "That's why I'm hoping that these people who are in her union over time, and others, will say 'We're going to be left holding the bag, your scam is up, let's go' and get her out of […]

todayJune 13, 2017 103

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Breen blames ‘petty’ partisanship for move to restrict Medicaid managed care

Rep. Peter Breen (R-Lombard) described Monday's passage of Senate Bill 1446 as a hypocritical move by Democrats to make it harder for Gov. Bruce Rauner to use managed care systems for some Medicaid recipients. “All of the sudden, it becomes something that well, it needs to be stopped, because it’s Gov. Rauner,” Breen said, according to a video of the SB1446 debate posted by the Illinois Republican Party. “It makes no sense for it to be fine under Gov. Quinn […]

todayJune 5, 2017 124

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