State of Illinois
Recent News About State of Illinois
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Analysis: How much more will Brown County residents pay in income taxes?
Brown County residents will have to pay $2,422,966 more in state income taxes if Gov. J.B. Pritzker's proposed tax hike is to generate the $10.3 billion in additional tax revenue that he has promised, according to a West Central Reporter analysis of Illinois Department of Revenue data.
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Analysis: How much more will Cass County residents pay in income taxes?
Cass County residents will have to pay $6,294,423 more in state income taxes if Gov. J.B. Pritzker's proposed tax hike is to generate the $10.3 billion in additional tax revenue that he has promised, according to a West Central Reporter analysis of Illinois Department of Revenue data.
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Analysis: How much more will Greene County residents pay in income taxes?
Greene County residents will have to pay $5,576,302 more in state income taxes if Gov. J.B. Pritzker's proposed tax hike is to generate the $10.3 billion in additional tax revenue that he has promised, according to a West Central Reporter analysis of Illinois Department of Revenue data.
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Analysis: How much more will Timewell residents pay in income taxes?
Timewell residents will have to pay $186,137 more in state income taxes if Gov. J.B. Pritzker's proposed tax hike is to generate the $10.3 billion in additional tax revenue that he has promised, according to a West Central Reporter analysis of Illinois Department of Revenue data.
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From Prairie State Wire
National labor law attorney: Legal marijuana doesn't give employees a 'get out of jail free card'
Since Illinois has become the 11th state to legalize recreational marijuana, national labor lawyer and legal analyst Michelle Lee Flores suggests the Prairie State began to prepare for employment law issues.
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From Prairie State Wire
State facing huge debt for public-sector retiree health benefits, says Wirepoints
Illinois's "other debt disaster" is $73 billion in unfunded state retiree health insurance benefits and more than twice that amount owed over the next four decades, according to a special report issued this week by an online news outlet.
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From Chicago City Wire
Have you opted out of a public sector union? We want to hear about it
The U.S. Supreme Court in June ruled that approximately 5 million government workers nationwide should not be forced to pay dues to public employee unions.
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From Prairie State Wire
Is bankruptcy the only way Illinois can overcome 'unsustainable fiscal policy'? Economist thinks so
A former economics professor who is an adviser to the Heartland Institute believes the best way to overcome Illinois’ unsustainable debt is to do what no state has done since the 1930s: declare bankruptcy.
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Advocacy group: Income-related student-success gap in state persists
Chicago-based independent education advocate Advance Illinois, which compiles data for its annual “The State We’re In” report, recently released its newest findings on the state’s education statistics, illuminating an achievement gap in need of rebalancing.
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Study shows Illinois has the highest black unemployment rate in the U.S.
Nationally, the unemployment rate for black Americans stands at 8.1 percent, which is higher than the national average of all Americans; but Illinois has the highest black unemployment rate in the entire country at 15 percent.
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“REMEMBERING THE 2ND ANNIVERSARY OF THE AUGUST 4, 2020 BEIRUT PORT EXPLOSION.....” published by Congressional Record in the Extensions of Remarks section on July 29
“REMEMBERING THE 2ND ANNIVERSARY OF THE AUGUST 4, 2020 BEIRUT PORT EXPLOSION.....” was published in the Extensions of Remarks section on page on July 29.