Mendoza stands firm: No raises for lawmakers
— May 28, 2020SPRINGFIELD – The complexities of Illinois’ legislator pay laws were on display again this week as the state’s comptroller insisted in a video message that there will be no raises…
Tag: Illinois constitution
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Equal Rights Amendment implementation likely stalled
— January 20, 2020SPRINGFIELD — Two years after Illinois’ Legislature approved new language for the U.S. Constitution codifying that rights cannot be denied due to gender, the Equal Rights Amendment…
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Supreme Court dissent says balanced budget mandate should be considered
— April 7, 2019SPRINGFIELD — Is a line in Illinois’ Constitution instructing the General Assembly to pass a balanced budget a requirement, or a suggestion? That question was recently posed to…
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Illinois leaders scoff at legal challenge to state bonds
— July 5, 2019SPRINGFIELD – State officials in Illinois reacted with scorn this week to a legal filing in Sangamon County that challenges the constitutionality of two sets of bonds the state issued…
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Illinois transportation amendment draws boosters and skeptics
— October 27, 2016The Nov. 8 ballot will have a statewide referendum question whether state-collected fuel and automobile transfer tax funds should be constitutionally protected in a fiscal “lockbox”…
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