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House Republicans blasted Democrats on Tuesday for leaving GOP ideas out of a draft report from the House Property Tax Relief Task Force and declining to co-sponsor Republican bills members say would chip away at Illinois’ highest-in-the-nation property taxes.
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Local governments are once again asking lawmakers to restore the share of income taxes municipalities receive from Illinois’ income tax back to 10 percent — a figure cities and towns haven’t seen in a decade — as part of the Illinois Municipal League’s legislative platform for the General Assembly’s spring session.
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Advocates behind Illinois’ 2017 automatic voter registration law on Friday sued Secretary of State Jesse White and the Illinois State Board of Elections, slamming officials for “bungling” the law’s implementation and violating the federal Voting Rights Act.
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Illinois allows lawmakers to hold more than one elected office, as long the two positions don’t conflict — but no one is keeping an eye on whether officials are following those rules, members of the Joint Commission on Ethics and Lobbying Reform heard Thursday.
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Illinois’ solar industry is sounding the alarm on a dwindling source of state money that supports hundreds of solar energy projects, leading renewable energy advocates to warn of a solar energy “bust.”
[Solar Energy Industries Association]
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Fresh off of a legislative win capping the price of insulin in Illinois, State Rep. Will Guzzardi (D-Chicago) and State Sen. Andy Manar (D-Bunker Hill) are working to create a Prescription Drug Affordability Board, which would limit what Illinoisans would pay for certain medications.
State Rep. Will Guzzardi (D-Chicago) speaks on the floor of the Illinois House. [Hannah Meisel/The Daily Line]
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Senate President Don Harmon (D-Oak Park) raked in $95,000 in campaign contributions from six major players in Illinois’ video gaming industry, including operators, a gaming parlor chain and the umbrella association that protects video gaming interests, according to reports filed this month with the Illinois State Board of Elections.
Senate Democratic colleagues applaud new Senate President Don Harmon (D-Oak Park) after being elected to his new leadership post Sunday evening. [Hannah Meisel/The Daily Line]
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State Rep. Eva Dina-Delgado (D-Chicago) received her first significant campaign contribution last week from a source other than herself, as endorsements from outside groups begin to mount. Meanwhile, a federal judge ruled that discovery in a discrimination lawsuit against Gov. JB Pritzker’s 2018 campaign should be limited in the case of Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton and that Pritzker will not have to sit for a deposition.
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Officials at the Illinois Department of Public Health and Health Facilities and Services Review Board improperly steered a contract job to a former employee, according to a report published Friday by the Executive Ethics Commission.
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Lawmakers must act this spring to change the way Illinois residents use and pay for energy as part of an effort to fight climate change before new rules that favor power generated by fossil fuels take effect, environmental advocates said Friday.
From left, Citizens Utility Board Executive Director David Kolata, Dulce Ortiz from Clean Power Lake County and Christie Hicks, an attorney for the Environmental Defense Fund testify in favor of the Clean Energy Jobs Act. [Heather Cherone/The Daily Line]
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