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by Ellyn Fortino
3:28pm
Mon Aug 22, 2016
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Fair Economy Activists Arrested At Protest Against Corporate 'Tax Dodgers' (VIDEO) (UPDATED)

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Members of Fair Economy Illinois took aim at corporate "tax dodgers" during a Monday afternoon protest outside Exelon's Chicago offices. Activists danced the Electric Slide in the street, and 10 protesters were ultimately arrested after they sat down in a downtown intersection and refused to move.

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by Ellyn Fortino
1:33pm
Thu Jul 28, 2016
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Report: U.S. Utility Companies 'Have Become Expert Tax Dodgers'

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Profitable U.S. utility companies are not paying their "fair share" in taxes, according to a new report from the Institute for Policy Studies. 

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by Ellyn Fortino
4:55pm
Mon May 9, 2016

Illinois Republican Lawmaker: Budget Proposal Possibly On The Horizon

State Rep. Patti Bellock (R-Hinsdale) says she is hopeful a bipartisan committee of state lawmakers will have a budget proposal ready to present soon.

Bellock is a member of the budget working group, which was reportedly formed by the governor and is meeting daily. She spoke Monday afternoon at a City Club of Chicago discussion on the Illinois budget. Three other state lawmakers were on the City Club of Chicago panel, including state Sens. Daniel Biss (D-Evanston) and Andy Manar (D-Bunker Hill) and state Rep. David McSweeney (R-Barrington Hills).

The budget working group, Bellock said, is comprised of "budgeteers from all the different (appropriation) committees." The group is "trying to come up with" a budget proposal and is working on "line item after line item after line item," she explained.

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