Overtime
With 5 months to work and supermajority control, Gov Pritzker and legislative Democrats still had to kick session into overtime, wasting even more taxpayer dollars.
Read Full ArticleWe Still Pay More
Only a Springfield politician could spin a 100% fee increase into something to celebrate.
Read Full ArticleSpecial Session for Special Interests
The General Assembly is returning to session to please special interests: Public utility giants and the Chicago Teachers’ Union.
Read Full ArticleLeft Out of the Celebration
Pritzker and Welch may be celebrating, but unfortunately, a lot of Illinoisans aren’t.
Read Full ArticleThe Growing Illinois Grassroots Movement
IOP Statement on Gov. Pritzker signing gerrymandered maps.
Read Full ArticleIntentional or Incompetent?
In reality, this latest 102nd session was another Pritzker failure. It’ll be his third unbalanced budget in a row.
Read Full ArticleEVENT: Demand Property Tax Relief with Wirepoints’ Ted Dabrowski
Our state is at a crossroads, it’s up to liberty-minded advocates like you to demand change from Gov. Pritzker and lead others in the fight to change our state.
Read Full ArticleChicagoans Prefer Bankruptcy Over Higher Taxes As City Debt Piles Up
Illinois cities need an option that’s fair to taxpayers and provides long-term sustainability for local governments. Allowing municipalities and local units of government to restructure pension debt through bankruptcy would make pension obligations sustainable and affordable; it would also lead to more reasonable negotiating conditions between unions and government.
Read Full ArticlePritzker and Teacher’s Union Gift Exchange
This session was a win for teachers’ unions, but not so much for taxpayers and homeowners who will pay more, nor for students who without reforms will likely continue to see educational quality decline.
Read Full ArticleAnother Session, Same High Property Taxes
Instead of passing reforms, the Democrats went another session punting on pension reform and instead forced through 21 tax and fee hikes that you will pay. Also, with the passage of the graduated income tax amendment supported by every Democrat who voted and Gov. Pritzker, legislators want to give themselves the constitutional power to increase tax rates however much they deem necessary.
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