Illinois Gov. Jay Robert “J. B.” Pritzker is targeting the program that provides scholarships for Illinois’ low-income and minority students when public schools are a poor fit.
A Democrat state representative in Maine has introduced a bill that would double the excise tax on cigarettes to $4.00 a pack. Due to Maine law, all other tobacco products would also be subject to a 100 percent rate increase.
A study released on March 31, 2021 by the nonpartisan, Washington-based Tax Foundation on Pres. Biden’s so-called “Infrastructure Plan” showed that, if passed, the legislation would make the U.S. corporate rate the highest in the world.
Illinois has been so poorly managed for decades that even Illinoisans now accept the folly of the string of failed politicians and bureaucrats.
View As PDF The proposed so-called “fair tax” amendment to the Illinois Constitution on the November 3 ballot, sponsored by Springfield Democrats and pushed by Ill. Gov. Jay Robert “J. B.” Pritzker, is a...
View as PDF By Dennis Constant Whenever you hear a man speak of his love for his country, it is a sign that he expects to be paid for it. – H. L. Mencken...
View as PDF Chicago – After months of requests and multiple communications, Chicago Transit Authority’s (CTA) pension fund Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) officer has finally completed a lawfully submitted FOIA request by Taxpayer...
View as PDF By Dennis Constant February 12th is celebrated as Lincoln’s birthday. He is variously called the Great Emancipator, and the President who preserved the Union. However, until Lincoln crushed the states that...
CHICAGO – Illinois is in the midst of its fifth month without a state budget and the financial situation is becoming increasingly dire by the day, so taxpayers are rightly outraged by the state government’s mismanagement of their hard-earned tax dollars. But if the ongoing budget issues haven’t infuriated the taxpayers of Illinois, then a new report by the Institute for Justice, Policing for Profit: The Abuse of Civil Asset Forfeiture, should certainly grab their attention…
By Michael Johnston The Windy City’s financial woes are unlikely to blow over any time soon. Following an Illinois Supreme Court ruling earlier this month, Chicago’s bonds received a downgrade to “junk” status by...
