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by Angela Caputo
10:43am
Wed Jun 17, 2009
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A Reminder: Illinois Goverment Is Not Bloated

State Legislature

Next week, lawmakers are expected to head back to Springfield to
resume budget negotiations. At this point, there are essentially two
options on the table: raise the income tax rate or finalize major
cuts to the human services budget. Yesterday, the Daily Herald examined ...

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by Adam Doster
6:31pm
Tue Jun 16, 2009
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Social Service Providers Rally Against Budget Cuts

Poverty

Social service providers are giving state legislators a giant earful
as budget negotiations go down to the wire and devastating program cuts
and layoffs loom. In front of the Thompson Center in downtown Chicago
this morning, several hundred protestors gathered to voice ...

PI Original
by Angela Caputo
1:08pm
Tue Jun 16, 2009
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Editorial Boards Gradually Getting Behind An Income Tax Hike

Taxes

Editorial pages from across the state are this week calling on their local legislators to pull their heads out of the sand, return to Springfield next Tuesday, and vote for new revenue in the form of an income tax hike. 
Some of the papers have clearly been a bit slow in ...

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by Adam Doster
2:43pm
Mon Jun 15, 2009
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Radogno's "Cynical" Budget Attack

Taxes

Over the weekend, Senate Minority Leader Christine Radogno (R-Lamont) blasted Gov. Pat Quinn's ongoing campaign to raise awareness about the devastating effects the state's 50-percent "bare-bones" budget would have on people who use state services. As the Daily ...

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by Adam Doster
11:49am
Mon Jun 15, 2009

A Reminder: The Worst Is Yet To Come

State Legislature

Illinois' $12 billion budget hole didn't materialize out of thin
air, but the brutal economic climate at the national level certainly
intensified the problem. According to data from the National Conference
of State Legislators, receipts for personal income taxes (6.3 ...

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by Adam Doster
1:15pm
Fri Jun 12, 2009

Budget Cuts Hit Disability Providers Hard (UPDATED)

Taxes

Any lawmakers still not convinced that the state is facing devastating cuts should scroll through this memo
from the Department of Human Services (DHS). Sent today to provider
organizations funded through the Division of Developmental
Disabilities, the document includes ...

PI Original
by Adam Doster
10:17am
Fri Jun 12, 2009

Cross: TAB Recommendations Must Be "Exhausted" Before Any Tax Hike

Taxes

Republicans and conservatives categorically opposed to an income tax increase in Illinois have so far failed to make a convincing case that lawmakers can cut their way out of our gaping state deficit. (See, for example, the vague ideas put forth by the Civic Federation and ...

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by Progress Illinois
1:42pm
Wed Jun 10, 2009

Martire On Last Month's Tax Votes

State Legislature

In a State Journal-Register column today, the Center for Tax and Budget Accountability's Ralph Martire examines the Illinois Senate's passage of a permanent income tax hike last month and the House's failure to pass even a temporary increase:

So how could it be that ...

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by Angela Caputo
11:37am
Wed Jun 10, 2009
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Bare-Bones Budget Endangers Federal Matching Funds

Pat Quinn

If it seemed like Illinois' financial outlook couldn't get any
gloomier, consider this point: For every $1 that the state cuts for
programs like homelessness, child care, or domestic violence, agencies
who perform those services could forfeit as much as $4 in federal
...