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Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner has been campaigning relentlessly against last year’s income tax increase.But in his annual budget address Wednesday, he'll…
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Former Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert has lost his $28,000 annual state pension. He’s serving a 15-month prison sentence for banking violations —…
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A month after Gov. Bruce Rauner conveyed to Republicans his opposition to the grand bargain, Senate Democrats are rejecting his attempt to break off…
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Republican senators working with Gov. Bruce Rauner began breaking off pieces of the "grand bargain," which Democrats say undermines efforts to move toward…
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Normally when I report on Illinois school funding, the story involves some task force or legislation trying to make our system more equitable. I always…
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The last time the General Assembly tried to make school funding more equitable across Illinois, the legislation got derailed largely due to a fight over…
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Nuclear plant workers in Clinton and Quad Cities — not to mention Exelon and ComEd shareholders — got a helping hand from Gov. Bruce Rauner and the…
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Illinois' already strained bank account will be stretched by another $4.6 billion because of action taken by the state government's largest pension…
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Lawmakers haven't touched state pension benefits in the nearly year-and-a-half since the Illinois Supreme Court ruled their last attempt unconstitutional.…
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It's a rare occurrence of late: A credit rating agency saying something positive about Illinois' finances. But the comment published Tuesday by Moody's…