Dontay Lockett
Dontay Lockett
“My experience with being homeless and with the government, is they really didn’t help that much. They still made you feel like you have to have the same quality that anybody else that’s not homeless.”
113 six-figure school district administrators oppose Classrooms First Act
113 six-figure school district administrators oppose Classrooms First Act
Of the 113 school district administrators earning six-figure salaries who oppose a bill to reduce bureaucracy, 21 are above the $200,000 mark. The bill intends to put more money into classrooms or back in taxpayers’ pockets.
Madigan’s pension pyromania
Madigan’s pension pyromania
What DuPage County voters need to know for early or mail-in voting before April 6
What DuPage County voters need to know for early or mail-in voting before April 6
DuPage County voters have calendar dates to watch if they are voting early or by mail ahead of the April 6 election. Here’s what they need to know.
What Lake County voters need to know to vote early or by mail before April 6
What Lake County voters need to know to vote early or by mail before April 6
Lake County voters have calendar dates to watch if they are voting early or by mail ahead of the April 6 election. Here’s what they need to know.
Citizens Empowerment Act could mean relief for Illinois property taxpayers
Citizens Empowerment Act could mean relief for Illinois property taxpayers
House Bill 433 would make it easier for Illinois taxpayers to dissolve unnecessary units of government in the state with the nation’s highest number of government units.
Pension debt swallowing Illinois’ stimmy money
Pension debt swallowing Illinois’ stimmy money
Illinois law lets police union contracts overpower state law
Illinois law lets police union contracts overpower state law
If the Illinois General Assembly wants to see true police reforms, it must first change the state law that gives police union contracts more power than public laws and regulations. Without that change, reforms become empty intentions.
Pritzker adds another phase before getting Illinois to full reopening
Pritzker adds another phase before getting Illinois to full reopening
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker and his public health chief decided their five-phase plan to lift COVID-19 restrictions needed another phase. The new phase calls for more places to open after more older residents are vaccinated, but with mask mandates.
Larry Roberts Jr.: Larry’s Barber College
Larry Roberts Jr.: Larry’s Barber College
“There are professional licenses that need to be obtained by people who want to begin a career in this industry. But there are also arbitrary policies in place that disincentivize them from pursuing those licenses and their dreams.”
Illinois state tax revenue is rising, so why is Pritzker pushing small business tax hikes?
Illinois state tax revenue is rising, so why is Pritzker pushing small business tax hikes?
COVID-19 prompted $7.5 billion in federal relief, but state revenues were up during the past 8 months. Delayed tax due dates were partly responsible, but revenue even grew where it should have declined. So why should small businesses have to come up with $2 billion more?
552K Illinoisans getting or seeking unemployment benefits a year into COVID-19
552K Illinoisans getting or seeking unemployment benefits a year into COVID-19
A year into COVID-19 and 552,000 Illinois workers are still in need of jobs. Despite that, Gov. J.B. Pritzker is asking for as much as $2 billion in new taxes on the small businesses that create most Illinois jobs.
Hollowed out: Small businesses reflect on one year into a pandemic
Hollowed out: Small businesses reflect on one year into a pandemic
The pandemic has affected everyone, but the economic fallout has been especially devastating for specific groups. In addition to retailers, restaurant owners and other small business owners, women, working mothers and Black Illinoisans suffered the worst in terms of job losses.
Illinois lawmakers moving fast to pass $1B in tax hikes on small businesses
Illinois lawmakers moving fast to pass $1B in tax hikes on small businesses
Small businesses got federal tax relief to handle the COVID-19 economic downturn. Now Springfield is trying to take away the same break on state taxes, costing the state’s main job creators $1 billion with hundreds of thousands of Illinoisans still out of work.