Sunday, April 22, 2012
A look back at the headlines from April 15-21.
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Sunday, April 22, 2012
Sunday, April 15, 2012 Letter to the Editor District 113A Board Member in Favor of Following Financial Plan Board Secretary Cindy Kelly offers her take on the board's discussion of the district's state-approved financial plan and the possibility of hiring more teachers to reduce class sizes. Political Rewind: Lawmaker Indicted; Illinois Debt Hitting Crisis Level It's always good to be caught up on state politics. Here's an easy guide to what happened this week. Monday, April 16, 2012 School Officials Speak Out Against Proposed Shift in Pension Payments A proposal by the state pension committee to shift the costs of teacher pensions from the state to local school districts could be "catastrophic" to districts 210 and 113A in Lemont, …
Sunday, January 22, 2012
It's always good to be caught up on state politics. Here's an easy guide to what happened this week.
Editor's Note: This article was created by aggregating news articles from Illinois Statehouse News that were written by various Illinois Statehouse News reporters. IL lawmakers set to push for school vouchers, again Riding the wave of a victory in school reform last year, education activists are gearing up for another push this spring, this time for school vouchers. Through vouchers, tax dollars are used to help pay for tuition at private schools. Although attempts at instituting a voucher program have been made, the idea has yet to achieve enough support to make it out of the General Assembly. Past plans in Illinois have targeted vouchers at children enrolled in underperforming schools and those who live in economically depressed areas …
Sunday, January 15, 2012
It's always good to be caught up on state politics. Here's an easy guide to what happened this week.
Editor's Note: This article was created by aggregating news articles from Illinois Statehouse News that were written by various Illinois Statehouse News reporters. IL temporary tax increases may not be so temporary Some form of the temporary income tax increase is expected to become permanent, according to several Illinois government experts. The General Assembly approved raising the individual income tax rate by 67 percent and corporate income tax rate by 46 percent during a lame-duck session one year ago. Proponents said the increases were needed to close a budget deficit that at one time approached $15 billion. Opponents said a tax increase would be a damper on the businesses who employed taxpayers, hurting Illinois' economy. “We have…
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Vote for your favorite prep sports athlete in the southwest suburbs or write in an athlete you think deserves recognition.
Be heard by picking our Patch Athlete of the Week of the southwest for the week ending Jan. 8. Vote for one of the following (or write in your own candidate in the comments): Bolingbrook High School: Alec Boyd, senior guard on the boys basketball team. Boyd scored 11 of his 13 points in the fourth quarter during an overtime victory over Glenbard West. The loss was Glenbard West's first of the season. Boyd scored four quick points to spark an 8-0 run that forced overtime. He also made all four free throws in OT to help clinch the win. Boyd finished the game with 13 points total. Downers Grove South: Jerron Wilbut, who earned all-tournament honors at the Jack Tosh Holiday Tournament. He averaged 19 pts. per game. Wilbut started Monday's game…
Sunday, January 1, 2012
It's always good to be caught up on state politics. Here's an easy guide to what happened this week.
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Sunday, January 1, 2012
Editor's Note: This article was created by aggregating news articles from Illinois Statehouse News that were written by various Illinois Statehouse News reporters. Tax increase, impact, dominate Illinois Capitol in 2011 Call it the year of the tax increase. Illinois‘ tax increase vote in January dominated this year’s session here. Illinois Statehouse News takes a look back at the year, taking stock of the work from state lawmakers. Our year in review looks at the abolition of the death penalty, workers’ compensation reform, education reform, and of course the tax hike and its impact. For more, CLICK HERE.
Hold yourself accountable with e-mails you can schedule for the future.
Have a New Year's resolution? Want to increase your chances of actually keeping it? You can remind your future self of your year's aspirations via email with www.futureme.org. This free website allows you to schedule future emails to yourself. The first e-mail will be sent at least 30 days after the New Year. After that, you can schedule messages as frequently as you want. One you visit the website, there are only a few short steps you need to do to send yourself an email: (1) Type in your email address. (2) Fill in the subject line saying something like, "Hi – It's you from the past! Remember that promise you made me?" (3) Write yourself a message reminding yourself why you decided to set this goal in the first place! (4) Choose to make…
Sunday, December 25, 2011
It's always good to be caught up on state politics. Here's an easy guide to what happened this week.
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Sunday, December 25, 2011
Editor's Note: This article was created by aggregating news articles from Illinois Statehouse News that were written by various Illinois Statehouse News reporters. Exodus of IL taxpayers means loss of $26B in taxable revenue Illinois’ reputation for political corruption and government mismanagement could have cost the state billions of dollars and an income tax increase. Illinois netted a loss of 366,616 tax-paying households between 1995 and 2009, according to a study ofInternal Revenue Service figures from 1995 through 2009 released Tuesday by the Illinois PolicyInstitute, a free-market think tank with offices in Springfield and Chicago. Those households took with them $26 billion in taxable revenue, according to the study. In 2009 …
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Vote for your favorite prep sports athlete in the southwest suburbs or write in an athlete you think deserves recognition.
Be heard by picking our Patch Athlete of the Week of the southwest for the week ending Dec. 18. Vote for one of the following (or write in your own candidate in the comments): Bolingbrook High School: Varsity Cheerleading Squad. The Bolingbrook High School varsity cheerleading team qualified for the Illinois Cheerleading Coaches Association Cheerleading Championships Feb. 11 in Springfield, by winning the Bolingbrook Invitational earlier this month. Downers Grove South: Danny Spinuzza, sophomore point guard on the boys basketball team. DGS Coach Jay Baum called Spinuzza "the next coming of Bryan Mullins." Mullins was the best point guard in school history and now plays pro ball in France after a highly-touted collegiate career at Southern …
Sunday, December 18, 2011
It's always good to be caught up on state politics. Here's an easy guide to what happened this week.
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Sunday, December 18, 2011
Editor's Note: This article was created by aggregating news articles from Illinois Statehouse News that were written by various Illinois Statehouse News reporters. Dems, GOP push plans to roll back biz tax hikes sooner More tax relief could be on the way with those paying the corporate income tax benefiting. Less than 24 hours after the Illinois Legislature approved $350 million worth of tax breaks for businesses and low-income earners, some lawmakers want to roll back the corporate tax to 4.8 percent, faster than outlined in the temporary income tax increase legislation passed in January. House Republicans and Democrats say they want to decrease the tax to keep or lure businesses in Illinois, so they will create jobs in a state with …
Sunday, December 11, 2011
It's always good to be caught up on state politics. Here's an easy guide to what happened this week.
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Sunday, December 11, 2011
Editor's Note: This article was created by aggregating news articles from Illinois Statehouse News that were written by various Illinois Statehouse News reporters. March primaries: Crystal ball for GOP or test of IL candidates To hear Adam Andrzejewski tell it, the Republican primary this spring is not a contest between candidates, but a contest for the heart of the Illinois Republican Party. Andrzejewski ran for, and lost, the GOP nomination for governor in 2010. However, since then, he has become the face, and in some cases the checkbook, of Illinois' new conservative wing. "The true split in the Illinois Republican Party is the establishment, business as usual Republicans versus real Republican reformers," Andrzejewski said. …
kathy
6:26 pm on Sunday, January 22, 2012
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