Special 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.
Read Full ArticleConsequences
Pritzker, Madigan, the rest of the Democrats, and many in the media define a ‘productive session’ as one where many bills are passed. Whether those bills help or hurt families, or reform government makes no difference in this definition.
Read Full ArticleSpringfield Has Not Earned Your Trust
Two other representatives publicly stated they are no votes because they understand that more tax hikes will not solve the financial problems that Illinois currently has and will only continue to accelerate the state’s exodus. Members from both sides of the aisle realize that this is a bad deal for taxpayers and it does nothing to reform the policies that have brought on this financial disaster in the first place.
Read Full Article
