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Illinois Policy

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Illinois Policy

@illinoispolicy

Fighting corruption, high taxes, poverty, and barriers to progress and innovation in Illinois and Chicago.

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Illinois Policy
@illinoispolicy
May 19
The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled in 2023 that the government cannot seize your home for unpaid taxes and keep the leftover profit. Every other state fixed their laws. But in Illinois? We are the *only* state still unconstitutionally stealing home equity from
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Charles Fain Lehman
@CharlesFLehman
Jun 10
The stabbing at Penn Station on Sunday is yet another story of a frequent offender allowed to remain on the street until he kills or seriously maims someone. Every time, people ask: why does this keep happening? As I argue @thedispatch, you're not being deceived. Frequent
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Jun 10
The Chicago-style hot dog is a global icon, but it is actually illegal to sell one from a street cart in the city of Chicago. While cities like Los Angeles and New York City have thriving, vibrant street food cultures that allow vendors to make a living, Chicago is drowning its
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Jun 10
Illinois has now passed eight straight budgets under @GovPritzker. Each one included new taxes. This year it's a record $55.9 billion, with more than $800 million in tax increases: a $300M corporate hike through the net operating loss deduction, more decoupling from the federal
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Jeff Orr
@JeffO773
Jun 9
The Chicago Teachers Union sent their members to get arrested because of this TIF and now Brandon Johnson supports it.
Chicago DPD
@ChicagoDPD
Jun 9
CDC approved up to $201.6 million in TIF for $234.9 million in proposed public infrastructure and open space upgrades on a 31-acre site at Southport Avenue and Cortland Street in Lincoln Park as part of JDL Development and Kayne Anderson's Foundry Park mega-project.
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Jun 9
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Lawmakers punt on housing supply as prices up 48% since 2019
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@illinoispolicy
Jun 9
Illinois is facing an unprecedented housing crisis, and Springfield just walked away from the solution. Homeownership is rapidly slipping out of reach for middle-class families across the state. Here is the harsh reality of the Illinois housing market today: >Home prices
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Jun 9
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Illinois budget includes $200,000 to redefine ‘low-income’
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Illinois Policy
@illinoispolicy
Jun 9
When poverty drops, you'd think that political leaders might celebrate. But in Illinois, our elected leaders interpret fewer low-income students as a threat to the state's bureaucracy. Lawmakers included $200,000 devoted to rewriting the definition of "low-income" as part of
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Illinois Policy
@illinoispolicy
Jun 9
ICYMI Illinois lawmakers pushed through a record-high $55.9 billion state budget at 4:13 a.m. It exceeds 3,700 pages, which means lawmakers had only hours after midnight to review it before the final vote. They also failed to pass a set of pro-housing reforms to cut red
Illinois lawmakers push through record-high $55.9 billion budget at 4:13 a.m.
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Illinois Policy
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Jun 5
.@GovPritzker explicitly said he wouldn’t give billions of dollars in taxpayer money to billionaire-owned sports teams. But when lawmakers pushed a $55.9 billion budget to his desk in the dead of night, he green-lit a completely different set of priorities. Illinois politicians
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Illinois Policy
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Jun 4
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More schools double-dipping taxpayers for teacher pension costs
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Jun 4
ICYMI State law requires teachers to pay 9% of their salaries into their pension fund. But instead, 56% of Illinois public school districts use a hidden "pension pickup" to force taxpayers to cover the whole thing. It’s a quiet perk driving up your property tax bill for a
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