Pritzker details $700 million in FY21 state budget cuts
SPRINGFIELD (The Center Square) – After Illinois voters rejected his progressive income tax amendment, Gov. JB Pritzker has said he plans to focus on cuts to balance the state's budget. ...
November 28, 2023 10:59 am CST
Tag: Mike Madigan
Pritzker fires Ag director Sullivan, had knowledge of 2012 ‘rape in Champaign’ email
SPRINGFIELD (The Center Square) -- Gov. J.B. Pritzker fired Illinois Department of Agriculture Director John Sullivan for failing to take action regarding a lobbyist's 2012 email that mentioned a rape in Champaign and ...
Continued out-migration from Illinois could mean dire consequences
DECATUR (Heartland Newsfeed) -- When it comes to Illinois' shrinking population, the numbers reported don't tell the full story. This is what representative-elect Dan Caulkins (R-Decatur), who was elected to ...
Batinick says it’s “time for Madigan to go”
SPRINGFIELD (Heartland Newsfeed) -- State Rep. Mark Batinick (R-Plainfield) asks for voters to consider the direction of the state of Illinois has gone over the past four decades when deciding ...
With union backing, McCann joins race for Illinois governor
SPRINGFIELD (Illinois News Network) -- Illinois state Sen. Sam McCann (R-Plainview) announced Thursday that he plans run as a third-party candidate for governor – a move that likely would ...
McCALEB: What’s real as the primary election approaches
(Illinois News Network) -- Everyone who watches even just a bit of TV or who checks their mailboxes every now and then knows there's an election around the corner. The dubious ...
Illinois teachers saw union dues flow to Chicago groups, politics and Madigan
SPRINGFIELD (Illinois Policy Institute) -- Government worker unions can use their members' dues in any number of ways. The most recent federal filings of one of Illinois' largest teachers unions ...
BERG: Hold on to your wallets, Springfield back in session for 2018
State lawmakers will start returning to their perches in Springfield Jan. 23. What can Illinoisans expect? 2017 left a bad taste in the mouths of many. The year began with ...
BERG: Small businesses are the lifeblood of Illinois, but they’re treated like dirt
(Illinois News Network) -- Nov. 25 marks the arrival of Small Business Saturday across the nation. And Illinoisans have a lot to appreciate. For all the talk of big-box dominance, mom ...
Possible Ives run against Rauner called ‘best piece of news’
BURR RIDGE (Heartland Newsfeed) -- Mickey Straub says Gov. Bruce Rauner is out. “The way I see it, the governor has three strikes,” Straub said in a recent interview. “For ...
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