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Members of the Illinois House are spending Wednesday afternoon in a series of budget hearings. The House Speaker says that's meant to lead the way to an…
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After a weekend break, Senators will return to Springfield this afternoon, as the calendar draws closer to the scheduled May 31 adjournment.While the end…
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The Illinois House will take the lead on whether Illinois keeps its 5 percent income tax. It's scheduled to roll back at the end of this year unless…
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Two major Democratic initiatives are still short the votes needed to pass, at least in the House, as the General Assembly heads into the final stretch of…
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A tax on millionaires is advancing through the General Assembly ... at the expense of a progressive income tax.The so-called "Millionaire's Tax" would…
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Plenty can, and will, happen before voters go to the polls in November to chose their next governor. But a central theme of the campaign emerged…
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Following an announcement by Governor Pat Quinn in his budget speech Wednesday, Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan says he plans to call a vote on…
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Illinois residents would continue paying a 5-percent income tax rate under the much-anticipated budget proposal Governor Pat Quinn presented today.…
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Illinois voters want the temporary income tax increase to rollback in January, as scheduled, even if it means sizable cuts in state spending.Just over a…
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Illinois lawmakers are beginning to confront the huge hole expected in next year's state budget.The temporary income tax increase of a few years ago is…