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Citizens Empowerment Act Could Mean Relief for Illinois Property Taxpayers

March 23, 2021

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Original article written by Justin Carlson for the Illinois Policy Institute on March 22nd, 2021. A link to the original article may be found HERE. 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. Illinois is home…

Illinois Watchdog’s Report of ‘Serious Misconduct’ was ‘Squashed’ by Panel of Lawmakers

February 7, 2020

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Original article written by Joe Tabor, Policy Analist for the Illinois Policy Institute on February 7th, 2020. Link to original article may be found HERE Illinois’ legislative inspector general investigates complaints against state lawmakers, but a commission of their peers can – and did – bury those findings, the former inspector said. A new bill…

Red-Light Camera Backlash Gains Bipartisan Momentum in Springfield

October 16, 2019

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Original article written by Vincent Caruso for Illinois Policy Institute on October 15th, 2019. Link to original story may be found HERE Driver headaches and corruption flow from red-light cameras. Two bills with bipartisan support would ban the traffic devices in Illinois. As a red-light camera company becomes a focal point in another federal investigation of Illinois…

Fair Tax vs. Jobs Tax

April 1, 2019

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UPDATE 4/23/2019: Senator Don Harmon (D-Oak Park) has filed SJRCA0001 which should be voted upon sometime in the next few weeks in the Senate. Thank you and please reach out anytime. Friends, I wanted to take a moment to quickly address some of the messaging you may have been seeing around the Governor’s proposed…