CHICAGO- Retired Illinois judges are enjoying some of the most lavish pensions of all Illinois pensioners with the top 100 judicial pensions each in excess of $147,000. While Illinois leadership dabbles with pension reform,...
CHICAGO–Figures released today, Wednesday, Feb. 23, by the nonpartisan Tax Foundation, headquartered in Washington, DC, show that Illinois’ state-local tax burden increased sharply in comparison to the 49 other states, despite lower total amounts...
CHICAGO–Figures released today, Wednesday, Feb. 23, by the nonpartisan Tax Foundation, headquartered in Washington, DC, show that Illinois’ state-local tax burden increased sharply in comparison to the 49 other states, despite lower total amounts...
CHICAGO- The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) is underway with a project that would extend the Red Line’s reach past its current ending point at 95th and Dan Ryan to three miles farther south, at...
The Illinois Taxpayer Education Foundation (ITEF) has just completed a research project on the public school salaries and benefits in Stephenson County, Illinois. Jim Tobin, president of ITEF, brings up these facts: “Stephenson County...
LAKE CARROLL–A study by the Illinois Taxpayer Education Foundation (ITEF) of public school salaries and benefits in Carroll County, Illinois, reveals that Carroll County has a 10.5% unemployment rate with an average full time...
15 reporters, including all 3 local network TV stations, attended ITEF’s Springfield news conference yesterday, January 12. There, ITEF President Jim Tobin fielded questions regarding state revenues and what should be done to curb...
By Dennis Constant The legal system, not the press, will determine if Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich (D) has committed any crime by shooting-off his mouth regarding the Senate seat vacated by President Elect Obama....
In Orwellian Scenario, Big Spender Madigan Becomes “Fiscal Conservative” In one of the strangest cases of political duplicity in recent memory, Ill. House Speaker and Chicago machine boss Michael Madigan (D-22, Chicago) has morphed...
ILLINOIS’ $6.4 BILLION OVERSPENDING ORGY THREATENS TAXPAYERS It’s now official: The State of Illinois’ Fiscal Year 2004 revenue increased more than $5 billion over its FY2003 revenue, while the amount of money spent by...
