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Roll Call: Durkin votes for unbalanced state budget

By LGIS News Service | Jun 25, 2019

Illinois state Rep. Jim Durkin (R-82) on May 31 voted for a fiscal year 2020 budget that was $5.3 billion in the red, increasing state taxes and spending by record amounts.

Roll Call: Hernandez votes for unbalanced state budget

By LGIS News Service | Jun 25, 2019

Illinois state Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez (D-24) on May 31 voted for a fiscal year 2020 budget that was $5.3 billion in the red, increasing state taxes and spending by record amounts.

Roll Call: Welch votes for unbalanced state budget

By LGIS News Service | Jun 25, 2019

Illinois state Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch (D-7) on May 31 voted for a fiscal year 2020 budget that was $5.3 billion in the red, increasing state taxes and spending by record amounts.

Roll Call: Harmon votes for allowing teachers to “spike” their pensions

By LGIS News Service | Jun 20, 2019

State Sen. Don Harmon (D-39) on June 1 voted for a $40 million budget package that included a hidden gem for teachers -- the removal of a 3 percent cap on end-of-career pension spiking for Illinois educators.

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Roll Call: Curran votes against allowing teachers to “spike” their pensions

By LGIS News Service | 6 years ago

State Sen. John F. Curran (R-41) on June 1 voted against a $40 million budget package that included a hidden gem for teachers -- the removal of a 3 percent cap on end-of-career pension spiking for Illinois educators.

Roll Call: Glowiak votes for allowing teachers to “spike” their pensions

By LGIS News Service | Jun 19, 2019

State Sen. Suzy Glowiak (D-24) on June 1 voted for a $40 million budget package that included a hidden gem for teachers -- the removal of a 3 percent cap on end-of-career pension spiking for Illinois educators.

Roll Call: Hernandez votes for allowing teachers to “spike” their pensions

By LGIS News Service | Jun 18, 2019

State Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez (D-24) on May 31 voted for a $40 million budget package that included a hidden gem for teachers -- the removal of a 3 percent cap on end-of-career pension spiking for Illinois educators.

Roll Call: Welch votes for allowing teachers to “spike” their pensions

By LGIS News Service | Jun 15, 2019

State Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch (D-7) on May 31 voted for a $40 million budget package that included a hidden gem for teachers -- the removal of a 3 percent cap on end-of-career pension spiking for Illinois educators.

Roll Call: Harmon votes for abortion rights bill

By LGIS News Service | Jun 13, 2019

Illinois state Sen. Don Harmon (D-39) on May 31 voted for a measure that will bring sweeping changes to the state’s abortion laws.

From South Cook News

Roll Call: Curran votes against abortion rights bill

By LGIS News Service | 6 years ago

Illinois state Sen. John F. Curran (R-41) on May 31 voted for a measure that will bring sweeping changes to the state’s abortion laws.

Roll Call: Glowiak votes for abortion rights bill

By LGIS News Service | Jun 13, 2019

Illinois state Sen. Suzy Glowiak (D-24) on May 31 voted for a measure that will bring sweeping changes to the state’s abortion laws.

Roll Call: Durkin votes against abortion rights bill

By LGIS News Service | Jun 8, 2019

Illinois state Rep. Jim Durkin (R-82) on May 28 voted against a measure that will bring sweeping changes to the state’s abortion laws.

Roll Call: Hernandez votes for abortion rights bill

By LGIS News Service | Jun 7, 2019

Illinois state Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez (D-24) on May 28 voted for a measure that will bring sweeping changes to the state’s abortion laws.

Roll Call: Welch votes for abortion rights bill

By LGIS News Service | Jun 7, 2019

Illinois state Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch (D-7) on May 28 voted for a measure that will bring sweeping changes to the state’s abortion laws.

From Prairie State Wire

$0.59 per homeowner in Burbank, $7.34 in Rantoul. New Illinois state program delivers 'property tax relief' to top-taxed homeowners

By LGIS News Service | 6 years ago

For the state’s most highly taxed homeowners, it isn’t nothing. But it’s close.

Report: At OPRF H.S., black student rule-breaking six times rate of whites’, 22x Asians

By LGIS News Service | May 17, 2019

Black students make up just 20 percent of the Oak Park-River Forest High School student population, but they are responsible for more than half of its rule infractions, according to a “School Discipline Report” published by the district.

From Prairie State Wire

Springfield considering gas tax hike even though Illinois already pays among the most in U.S.

By LGIS News Service | 6 years ago

Even without the increases in the Illinois gas tax now being proposed by state lawmakers, Illinois has the 10th highest state gas taxes in the nation, according to July 2018 numbers from the Washington-based Tax Foundation.