Tuesday, March 17, 2009

A government budget crisis rarely is solely the result of a struggling economy. The budget crisis facing the state of Illinois is no exception.

Illinois has repeatedly failed to keep up with state employee pension costs and underestimated the cost for Medicare. It has overspent even during good economic times.

Read more: Tax hike plan is excessive

By Stephen Johnson
Monday, March 16, 2009

Quinn expected to annouce increase this week  

QUINCY, Illinois - If Illinois Governor Pat Quinn has his way the state could see an increase in the income tax soon.

One person who is against that Illinois House Republican Leader Tom Cross.

Read more: Illinois leader against proposed income tax increase

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July 2, 2008

Soaring taxes lead to sore taxpayers

There it was, right in front of me, the face of the Dump Todd Stroger Revolution. I witnessed it at the Starbucks on Racine and Wrightwood at 6:38 a.m. Tuesday.

The guy ahead of me was getting his usual, a grande coffee, caf not decaf.

Read more: Todd+Mike=Higher Taxes

July 18, 2008
Daily Herald: GOP Ready to Reform Illinois

Daily Herald Editorial Board
Published: 7/17/2008 12:08 AM

Illinois House Republicans are saying the right things on what the state must do to honor its commitments to the public to be ethically and fiscally responsible in managing tax dollars and providing services.

Read more: GOP presents its case for reform

Extorting Children's Hospital is a new political low.

By SCOTT SIMON
Chicago - DECEMBER 15, 2008

Chicagoans and Illinoisans love political scandal the way that Milanese love opera.

We trade recollections, like baseball cards, about the secretary of state (Paul Powell) who stashed money in shoeboxes, and the Chicago mayor (Harold Washington) whose birthday was April 15 but never filed his income tax return.

Read more: Even Chicago's Crooks Are Appalled by Blagojevich