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Gov. J.B. Pritzker touts the "fiscal discipline" of the $42 million budget passed by Democrats, but the state energy policy remains a point of contention.
POLITICO Get the Illinois Playbook newsletter Email Sign Up By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or updates from POLITICO and you agree to our privacy policy and terms of service. You can unsubscribe at any time and you can contact us here. This sign-up form is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Presented by the Paul Simon-Jim Edgar Statesmanship Award Good Tuesday morning, Illinois. We pulled an all-nighter at the Capitol and followed it up with cold pizza, so I'm feeling pretty collegiate. TOP TALKER The 704 page Illinois budget ...
State Rep. Marcus Evans, the sponsor of the amendment, said it would not change existing Illinois law but "make permanent" the rights workers already have. But state Rep. Deanne Mazzochi, R-Elmhurst, called the language of the amendment "problematic," saying that the actual meaning of the provision might be left up to the Illinois Supreme Court.
Ted Schurter/The State Journal-Register via AP file For the first time in Chicago’s history, voters would get a say in who runs the city’s school board under two competing proposals now before the state Legislature. One calls for a fully elected Board of Education, and the other for a “hybrid” model splitting the school board into some elected members with the majority still appointed by the mayor. In an interview with The Daily Line’s “CloutCast” podcast, the state senator sponsoring the fully elected school board plan addressed his opponents by pointing to referendums, survey...
Members from both sides of the aisle at the Illinois statehouse say they’re taking small steps to save taxpayers on the $140-plus billion unfunded liability of public se