A continuation of the analysis of the current situation in Illinois by WirePoints: Fact 15 15. Higher ed retirements overwhelm. The university crisis was already in full force by 2014. Students were fleeing the state and tuitions had already jumped, in many … Continue reading
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A continuation of the analysis of the current situation in Illinois by WirePoints: Fact 4 14. Core services crowded out. By 2015, Illinois was already the extreme outlier nationally when it came to retirement costs and budget crowd out. Those costs consumed more than 20 … Continue reading
Reprinted from Illinois Leaks with permission: with its permission: Algonquin Township – Chaos – Part 1 BY JMKRAFT ON FEBRUARY 20, 2019 • ( LEAVE A COMMENT ) Algonquin Township, IL. (ECWd) –Some say there is “chaos” in Algonquin Township.For those that are not familiar with … Continue reading
A press release from State Rep. Allen Skillicorn: Rep. Allen Skillicorn: Governor’s Budget Writes Checks Taxpayers Can’t Cash East Dundee, IL – State Rep. Allen Skillicorn (R-East Dundee) says Governor JB Pritzker’s Budget Address is just more of the same … Continue reading
A press release from State Rep. Dan Ugaste: More Taxing, More Borrowing, More Spending Ahead for Illinois in 2019 Budget SPRINGFIELD—Governor JB Pritzker addressed the Illinois General Assembly today, outlining his budget plan for the 2019-2020 fiscal year. State Representative … Continue reading
A press release from State Rep. Tom Weber: Weber Concerned by Pritzker Budget Proposal SPRINGFIELD – Today, new Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker presented his Fiscal Year 2020 Budget Proposal to a joint session of the Illinois General Assembly. State Representative … Continue reading
A press release from state Senator McConchie: McConchie: Budget increases taxes, kicks the can down the road Springfield, IL… State Senator Dan McConchie (R-Hawthorn Woods) released the following statement regarding Governor J.B. Pritzker’s State Budget Address: “While I appreciate the … Continue reading
From the Illinois News Network: Pritzker proposes ‘austere budget’ with more taxes, spending, borrowing By Benjamin Yount | Illinois News Network Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s first state budget calls for spending more on schools, colleges and universities and social services. … Continue reading
A press release from State Senator Don DeWitte: DeWitte: Budget proposal concerning, must work bipartisanly Springfield, IL… State Senator Donald P. DeWitte (R-St. Charles) voiced concerns about the financial roadmap Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker outlined at the annual Budget Address … Continue reading
Governor JB Pritzker will give his first budget address to the Illinois General Assembly today. This observer is wondering if he will propose building a wall around Illinois to keep residents from leaving. … Continue reading
A continuation of the analysis of the current situation in Illinois by WirePoints: Fact 7 BUDGET DRIVERS Hynes ignored the fact that many of the cost drivers that made the impasse so painful had accelerated to crisis levels long before … Continue reading
This article was published late Friday. I am putting it back on top because it represents the most audacious grab for virtually absolute power in county government that I can imagine. He could only make himself more powerful by having … Continue reading
Wirepoints has analyzed twenty factors that explain how Illinois got in the mess that exists today. You can read the entire article by Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner now or wait and comment on each of the twenty segments, republished … Continue reading
Since State Rep. David McSweeney shared with the Northwest Herald part of the contents of his bill to reshape McHenry County government by providing Chairman Jack Franks with line item veto power, albeit with a Board veto override power to … Continue reading
McHenry County Regional Superintendent of Education Leslie Schermerhorn is in a fight with some on the County Board, including Chairman Jack Franks, over her budget. Last week, she asked McHenry County State’s Attorney Patrick Kenneally for an opinion in the … Continue reading
This article is run for a second time, because of the slight of hand that Jack Franks and the McHenry County Board may pull while claiming to cut taxes. = = = = = How is that possible, you ask? … Continue reading
The reporter in Springfield with the best handle on the state budget was Chicago Sun-Times Springfield correspondent Charles Wheeler III. He now heads the journalism school at the University of Illinois in Springfield and wrote the following for NPR Illinois: … Continue reading
How is that possible, you ask? By taking money McHenry County has in the bank and spending it. That is apparently what McHenry County Board Chairman Jack Franks intends to do next year. Here is the relevant policy change passed … Continue reading
State Rep. Allen Skillicorn asked the Legislative Research Unit to detail what power at Annual Town(ship) Meetings by the General Assembly since 1960. I have written previously about how the power to set township budgets was taken away from voters … Continue reading
State Rep. Allen Skillicorn asked the Legislative Research Unit to detail what power at Annual Town(ship) Meetings by the General Assembly since 1960. I have written previously about how the power to set township budgets was taken away from voters … Continue reading