Springfield News
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A bill that would give the Cook County Assessor’s office — and other offices statewide — the ability to collect operating income and expense data from commercial properties, instead of having to guess at the valuations, is set for a Senate vote this week, and could come as soon as Wednesday.
Assessor Fritz Kaegi addresses reporters. [A.D. Quig/The Daily Line]
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In a month marked by deadlines to get bills out of committee, the Senate last week passed a bill unanimously — with relatively little fanfare — that would satisfy both calls for criminal justice reform and for a more focused approach to solving the growing problem of retail theft.
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The Illinois Chamber of Commerce on Thursday filed its own proposed capital bill Thursday — just one week after the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 150 filed their own bill out of frustration with Gov. JB Pritzker’s office.
A city crew patches a pothole. [Quinn Ford, DNAinfo Chicago]
The chamber’s plan is focused on “horizontal” projects — as in roads and bridges — which is similar to Local 150’s plan. The chamber’s plan aims to raise about $2 billion per year.
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After a series of bills dealing with complicated energy issues emerged in the first half of the Spring legislative session, there is a movement to combine them all into one major package to make them palatable for the highest number of lawmakers.
The Clean Energy Jobs Act would move Illinois to 100 percent renewable energy by 2050. [Illinois Clean Jobs Coalition]
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The Daily Line is starting a new feature to track interesting bills introduced, passed in committee or passed on the floor. Tweet us @TheDailyLineIL or email [email protected] to flag bills that have caught your attention during a committee hearing or while listening to floor debate.
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More than two thirds of Illinoisans support the idea of a graduated income tax, a new poll out Tuesday from the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute found.
Gov. JB Pritzker proposes graduated income tax rates in his Capitol office. [Hannah Meisel/The Daily Line]
But the 67 percent the poll found in favor of the idea of a graduated tax has fallen slightly in the last year, when the idea first got some time in the spotlight during the gubernatorial campaign.
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[Secretary of State Jesse White]
