Black Caucus outlines agenda, new goals for 2021
— February 18, 2021SPRINGFIELD — Illinois Legislative Black Caucus members expressed measured support, and points of concern, for Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s proposed budget following Pritzker’s annual…
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Pritzker’s $41.6 billion budget relies heavily on federal funds, corporate tax changes
— February 17, 2021SPRINGFIELD – Gov. J.B. Pritzker outlined a $41.6 billion budget proposal Wednesday, Feb. 17 that would hold most state agencies at flat funding levels but which relies heavily…
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Pritzker paints two budget pictures: One with graduated tax, one without
— February 21, 2020SPRINGFIELD — Gov. J.B. Pritzker has tied his second-year state budget proposal to the unfinished marquee policy initiative of his first year — a constitutional amendment that allows…
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Illinois House GOP releases one-page ‘budget’ proposal, say new new taxes
— May 17, 2019SPRINGFIELD — Illinois House Republicans called a news conference Thursday, May 16 to unveil a “fiscal year 2020 balanced budget proposal” in the form of a one-page document detailing…
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Illinois Republicans unite against tax shift
— March 5, 2019Illinois House Republicans are united in opposition to Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s graduated income tax. State Rep. Grant Wehrli of Naperville said the governor has to release his planned…
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State republicans call for balanced budget
— February 16, 2021SPRINGFIELD – Republican leaders in the Illinois House are calling on Gov. J.B. Pritzker to propose a truly balanced budget when he delivers his budget address Wednesday, Feb. 17…
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State Board of Education schedules budget hearings in four cities
— October 6, 2019SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois State Board of Education has scheduled four hearings in different parts of the state to gather input in the coming weeks for its budget request that will…
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U of I president: Investment in higher education ‘part of solution’ to state’s fiscal woes
— April 6, 2019SPRINGFIELD – University of Illinois President Timothy Killeen called investment in higher education “part of the solution,” to Illinois’ well-documented fiscal issues Wednesday…
