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  • McConchie says SB 2670 would put property tax power back in public's hands

    From Prairie State Wire
    by Angela Underwood | Apr 18, 2018

    Senate Bill 2670 will provide Illinois residents with the power to help control their property taxes, according to state Sen. Dan McConchie (R-Hawthorne Woods).

  • Taxing retirement income would only spur exodus, Ugaste says

    From Kane County Reporter
    by Glenn Minnis | Apr 16, 2018

    Add Teaser herDan Ugaste doesn’t think all money is good money, even when it comes to Illinois finding a way to dig itself out from under its massive debt load.

  • Rauner attempts conservative 'purge' of Illinois GOP leadership

    From Prairie State Wire
    by LGIS News Service | Apr 15, 2018

    Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner is publicly preaching party unity on the campaign trail. But behind the scenes, Rauner is quietly leading an effort to purge conservatives from the Illinois Republican State Central Committee, which governs the party and has elections this month.

  • Illinois GOP Chairman Schneider’s Elgin car wash owes $21K in overdue property taxes

    From North Cook News
    by LGIS News Service | Apr 10, 2018

    Illinois Republican Party Chairman and Cook County Commissioner Timothy O. Schneider (R-Bartlett) is president of an Elgin car wash that owes $21,448 in overdue property taxes from 2016, according to the Cook County Treasurer.

  • Illinois needs change to resolve fiscal issues, Ugaste says

    From Kane County Reporter
    by Glenn Minnis | Apr 7, 2018

    Dan Ugaste is saddened, but not surprised, by the latest illustration of Illinois’ ongoing struggles.

  • Ugaste sees flat-tax increase idea as a recipe for disaster

    From Kane County Reporter
    by Glenn Minnis | Apr 7, 2018

    Dan Ugaste thinks the idea of increasing the state’s flat tax rate with an eye toward a graduated income tax is a recipe for disaster.

  • Watchdogs - An FOIA lawsuit is filed against Algonquin Township and its Road district

    by LGIS News Service | Apr 5, 2018

    Edgar County Watchdogs has filed an FOIA lawsuit against the Algonquin Township and Road District

  • IL Rising - Bob Anderson's continual fight for taxpayers

    by LGIS News Service | Apr 3, 2018

    Bob Anderson from McHenry County Board of Trustees stops by to discuss his fight for the taxpayers.

  • Roskam challenger Casten raised $907K ahead of primary victory

    From DuPage Policy Journal
    by LGIS Newsfeed | Mar 29, 2018

    Sean Casten raised $69 per vote cast for him in the 6th Congressional District Democratic primary race last week, according to the Illinois Campaign for Political Reform.

  • Campaign spending: AG candidate Harold raised $758,878 ahead of primary victory

    From Prairie State Wire
    by LGIS Newsfeed | Mar 29, 2018

    Erika Harold and Gary Grasso each raised just $2 per vote cast for them in the attorney general primary race, according to the Illinois Campaign for Political Reform.

  • Mystery surrounds Hoffman Estates group behind campaign mailers

    by W.J. Kennedy | Mar 28, 2018

    A Chicago-based printer with ties to the Democratic Party printed campaign mailers that targeted county-level Republican primary candidates, according to a Northwest Herald story. But the group that funded the mailers, Illinois Integrity Fund, remains a mystery; even a Hoffman Estates address used as the return address on the mailers could be bogus.

  • Skillicorn: Rauner needs to heed his base

    by W.J. Kennedy | Mar 28, 2018

    A post-primary poll shows that re-election prospects for incumbent Gov. Bruce Rauner look bleak. An Odgen & Fry survey shows him down 22 points compared with Democratic nominee J.B. Pritzker, and in an almost certain death knell for a politician, Rauner’s unfavorables are nearly double his favorables.

  • Skillicorn blames Rauner for state's shrinking net worth

    by Glenn Minnis | Mar 27, 2018

    Rep. Allen Skillicorn (R-East Dundee) places the blame for Illinois’ growing loss in net worth squarely at the feet of Gov. Bruce Rauner.

  • Voters chose business as usual, Skillicorn says

    by Robert Hadley | Mar 27, 2018

    Although Gov. Bruce Rauner fought off a GOP primary challenge from state Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton), some in his own party remain sharply critical of his performance.

  • Campaign spending: Rauner raised $75.5M ahead of primary victory

    From Prairie State Wire
    by LGIS Newsfeed | Mar 27, 2018

    Gov. Bruce Rauner raised $215 per vote cast for him in the gubernatorial primary race last week compared to Rep. Jeanne Ives' $12 for vote, according to the Illinois Campaign for Political Reform.

  • Reick advises Rauner to treat General Assembly as equal

    by Glenn Minnis | Mar 26, 2018

    Rep. Steve Reick (R-Woodstock) is advising Gov. Bruce Rauner on how best to take the only path he thinks Rauner has to staying in the governor’s mansion beyond 2018.

  • Ives concedes to Rauner in GOP primary

    From Prairie State Wire
    by Glenn Minnis | Mar 21, 2018

    Amid chants of “Jeanne, Jeanne,” Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) conceded defeat to Gov. Bruce Rauner in the Republican primary late Tuesday night.

  • Harold wins Republican nomination for Attorney General

    From Prairie State Wire
    by Angela Underwood | Mar 20, 2018

    It will not be the first time Erika Harold will hear “the winner is.”

  • Pritzker wins Democratic nod for governor

    From Prairie State Wire
    by Angela Underwood | Mar 20, 2018

    It’s official -- J.B. Pritzker is the Democratic candidate for governor despite coming under heavy fire from the press and public in recent months.

  • Voter rolls: Where do Republicans rely on women most in Illinois?

    From Prairie State Wire
    by Local Labs News Service | Mar 20, 2018

    Republicans depend most on women to show up at the polls in Edwards, Scott and Adams counties in Illinois, according to Illinois State Board of Elections data.

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