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Friday, June 14, 2019
Illinois last state in nation to file official budget report
Auditor General (21)
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Budget--State (8)
Illinois is the only state in America that has yet to release its official
report from fiscal year 2018 and state officials don’t yet know when it will be
released.
Every state, most cities, and other forms of government must have a
comprehensive annual financial report, or CAFR, done as a way for not only
citizens to better...
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Thursday, June 13, 2019
Fifth District affirms decisions allowing non-Illinois residents to litigate Essure claims in Madison County
Courts (27)
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Tort Reform (27)
MOUNT VERNON -- In two separate decisions, the Fifth District Appellate
Court has affirmed rulings out of the Madison County Circuit Court finding that
non-Illinois residents are allowed to be involved in a mass action suit despite
the landmark Bristol Myers Squibb decision limiting that right.
Justice Thomas Welch delivered the Rule 23 decisions on May 29 with justices
David Overstreet ...
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Thursday, June 13, 2019
DeWitte: The good, the bad, the ugly: A legislative recap
Abortion (1)
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Capital Development Board, Capital Construction Plan (14)
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Legislature (56)
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Minimum Wage (10)
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Recreational Marijuana
DeWitte, Donald--State Senate, 33
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Wednesday, June 12, 2019
Illinois cannabis industry to create thousands of new jobs
Employment, Jobs (40)
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Recreational Marijuana
A recreational cannabis bill Gov. J.B. Pritzker is expected to sign could
bring hundreds of new jobs to Illinois even before the law goes into effect and
retail sales begin.
The owner of two medical cannabis dispensaries said there are likely to be hundreds
of jobs created even before the adult-use, recreational cannabis bill is in
full effect.
House Bill 1438 creates the Cannabis Regu...
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Wednesday, June 12, 2019
GOP lawmakers representing McHenry County address passage of significant legislation
Abortion (1)
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Capital Development Board, Capital Construction Plan (14)
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Minimum Wage (10)
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Recreational Marijuana
DeWitte, Donald--State Senate, 33
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McConchie, Dan--State Senate, 26
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Wilcox, Craig--State Senate, 32
GOP lawmakers address passage of significant legislation
As the state of Illinois’ spring legislative se...
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Wednesday, June 12, 2019
Skillicorn: Gas tax hike will hurt Illinois families
Capital Development Board, Capital Construction Plan (14)
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Legislature (56)
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Taxes, gasoline (88)
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Taxes, Graduated/Progressive
Skillicorn, Allen--State House, 66
Last December, before the new Legislature was even sworn in, I donned a
yellow jacket in solidarity with the French protesters sick of their country’s
punitive taxes on motor fuel in order to sound the alarm about the possibility
of the gas tax being increased in Illinois.
Insiders smirked and dismissed the idea that the gas tax
would go up. The Governor was pus...
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Tuesday, June 11, 2019
New Department of Corrections director faces lawsuits, other challenges
Corrections (74)
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Prisons (74)
When Rob Jeffreys became the new director of the Illinois Department of
Corrections on June 1, he inherited a system plagued by overcrowding, crumbling
infrastructure and other problems.
Among those problems were what the ACLU calls “clearly preventable” deaths
resulting from poor inmate health care. On top of that, the Department of
Corrections faces numerous lawsuits.
Two...
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Tuesday, June 11, 2019
Trailer bill could help clarify, resolve issues in Illinois' recreational cannabis legislation
Recreational Marijuana
Cassidy, Kelly--State House, 14
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McCombie, Tony M.--State House, 71
They’re known as trailer bills, and state Rep. Kelly Cassidy, D-Chicago, who
sponsored the adu...
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Tuesday, June 11, 2019
Illinois abruptly shifts left in 2019 with Democratic governor Pritzker at the helm
Governor (44)
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Political Parties (Incld Tea Party) (39a)
After four years of fiscal austerity and the
pro-business, anti-union agenda of former Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner,
Illinois lawmakers took a sharp turn to the left during the just-completed
legislative session, passing a budget with more than $1 billion in new spending
and a host of new, more liberal social policies.
Those social policies include raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour by
20...
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Monday, June 10, 2019
Billionaire Wins, Fantasy Sports Lose in Illinois Gambling Bill
Gambling, Gaming
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Governor (44)
Harris III, Napoleon--State Senate, 15
DraftKings CEO Jason Robins typically reserves his Twitter feed for
commentary about last night’s game or a shout-out to someone he’s met in his
travels. On Sunday, he had an entirely different message.
“While it is good to see sports betting bills passed, excluding DraftKings
and FanDuel is like passing a ride sharing bill that excludes Uber and Lyft,”
he wrote. “...
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Monday, June 10, 2019
Chicago loses first round in pension fund intercept litigation
Pensions (70)
Chicago lost its legal fight to temporarily halt state grant fund intercepts and block their distribution to the city?s pension funds for alleged contribution shortfalls.
Larger questions that stand to impact future diversions and the state comptroller?s review process remain unanswered.
About $24 million in claims filed by the city?s pension funds are currently at stake but ...
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Monday, June 10, 2019
My View: Pritzker dancing on the backs of struggling Illinoisans
Budget--State (8)
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Governor (44)
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Taxes, misc. (89)
Gov. JB Pritzker took a victory lap news conference Sunday in Springfield
touting his long list of “accomplishments”: passing a budget, capital plan,
recreational marijuana legalization, massive gaming expansion, and a $15
minimum wage.
One couldn’t help but notice beyond billionaire Pritzker’s expensive suit
that he was celebrating at the expense of millions of ...
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Monday, June 10, 2019
More Cautionary Tales From Illinois: Tier II Pensions (And Why Actuaries Matter)
Education--Elementary and Secondary (36)
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Pensions (70)
Earlier this week, I shared with readers the ill-fated attempt to reform
Illinois pensions by requiring local school districts to pay the added costs of
their teachers' pensions when they boost their salaries beyond 3% per year;
this measure was slipped into...
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Monday, June 10, 2019
Local officials discussing how new marijuana law would impact municipalities
Recreational Marijuana
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