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Get Ready, Illinois: Pritzker’s Tax Plan Looks to Become the Biggest Ballot Measure in State History
Is it a “fair tax” or a “blank check?” Those will be two of the opposing messages Illinois voters will hear between now and November over the governor’s proposal to flip the state from a flat income tax rate to a graduated one.
Posted inNews
What The Gov: What Questions Do You Have About How Government in Illinois Is Responding to Coronavirus?
What unanswered questions do you have about how public officials in Chicago, Cook County and Illinois are responding to the COVID-19 outbreak? Ask them and our BGA reporters may answer them.
Posted inOpinion
Greising: In Illinois, It’s Easy to Forget What a Fair Election Looks Like
In states where gerrymandering has been stamped out, competitive elections are the norm. But not in Illinois.
Posted inNews
RESCHEDULED: 2020 Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Awards for Investigative Reporting
Regretfully, in light of the COVID-19 outbreak, this year’s awards ceremony will be rescheduled for mid-July. We look forward to bringing together outstanding journalists and those who appreciate their work at that time. Stay tuned for details. Â
Posted inEquity & Economic Opportunity
Lightfoot Facing Off Against ComEd Over the Future
With agreement between City Hall and the power company expiring this year, the mayor is focusing on internal study and federal investigation as leverage.
Posted inNews
Fact-Check: Challenger’s Account of Lipinski’s Immigration Record Falls Short
One of U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinski’s challengers claims the congressman not only voted against the DREAM Act, but also supports separating families and banning Muslims. That argument is specious.
Posted inOpinion
Greising: Flawed Weed and Gambling Laws Allow Industries to Hide Investors
The tax haul for the state would have been larger, and weed investors would have grown even richer, had supply not run short.
Posted inNews
Fact-Check: Advocate’s Graduated Tax Comparison Needs More Context
The chairman of the campaign to replace Illinois’ flat income tax with graduated rates said California’s high top rate on millionaires hasn’t driven people from that state. It’s more complicated than that.
Posted inEquity & Economic Opportunity
Student Protesters Demand Lightfoot Live Up To Campaign Promises on Environmental Protection
Members of several youth groups protested outside the mayor’s City Hall offices to call for Lightfoot to reinstate a city department of environment to fight pollution and address climate change.
