The Illinois Pension Scam: There is No Excuse for the Failure of Reform
In preparation for the recording of an IFA Spotlight weekly podcast, executive director Dave Smith asked me to do some research about…
Por John Biver
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Time is Short: Governor Rauner Needs to Hear From You About Two Terrible Bills
We recently alerted you to two pending pieces of legislation that Governor Bruce Rauner will soon have to grapple with. If you…
Por David E. Smith
Illinois is Broke but Legislators Still Want to Spend More Money on Abortion
By using their majority in Springfield, Illinois Democrats may try to use their passage of House Bill 40 as a wedge issue…
Por Monte Larrick
Urge Governor Rauner: Please Veto These Two Terrible Bills
Two important pieces of legislation are awaiting Governor Bruce Rauner‘s action — to sign, or to veto — and both bills should be…
Por John Biver
Unsustainable: Raising Taxes Solves Nothing, Makes Illinois Worse Off
The Illinois State House was back in session during the afternoon of July 6th to override Gov. Bruce Rauner’s veto of a 32…
Por John Biver
Illinois House Approves Massive Income Tax Increase
Late Sunday afternoon (July 2nd), the Illinois House passed a massive tax hike for families and businesses. What does that mean for…
Por David E. Smith
Tax Increases, More Spending and ‘A Disaster’ of a Budget for Illinois
State government summer re-run season is underway at the Illinois capitol building where both political parties are cooperating to send our state…
Por John Biver
You Can Help Governor Bruce Rauner Pass an Elementary Science Test!
Majorities in both houses of the Illinois General Assembly recently flunked the kind of science test that used to be given to…
Por John Biver
Big Illinois Government’s Insatiable and Impossible Demands from Taxpayers
It’s a sad tale of two cities. The news out of Washington, D.C. this spring is that President Donald Trump and the…
Por John Biver
Keep The Pressure On Gov. Rauner
The General Assembly may have adjourned for the summer, but the legislative process is far from finished. HB 40, which forces taxpayers to…
Por David E. Smith
Illinois Senate Approves Transgender Birth Certificates — Contact Gov. Rauner!
HB 1785 passed last week in the House by a vote of 63-32 and late Wednesday it passed in the Illinois Senate…
Por David E. Smith
State Senator McConchie Outlines the Simplicity of the Budget Crisis
Two years after the “temporary” income tax expired, rapacious Springfield lawmakers are once again working toward raising our taxes, supposedly in order…
Por John Biver
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