Gov. JB Pritzker wants to increase a state tax credit, but Republicans say it’s not enough
Pritzker aims to tie the tax break back to inflation, but GOP critics decry his move as a “tax increase.”
Pritzker aims to tie the tax break back to inflation, but GOP critics decry his move as a “tax increase.”
Immigration attorney Qasim Rashid is challenging Foster in the Democratic primary of this suburban district. Three GOP candidates are also vying for the seat.
The Cook County judge denied Trump’s request to stay the challenge until after the U.S. Supreme Court weighs in on similar challenges in other states, setting a Feb. 16 next court date.
The bipartisan board said they couldn’t take up the question of whether Trump’s conduct on Jan. 6 barred him from running.
The hearing officer, a retired Republican judge, wrote a scathing assessment of Trump’s involvement in the Jan. 6 insurrection, but said the courts ultimately should decide. The full elections board will consider the matter Tuesday.
The more than 11 million Illinoisans who claim the standard exemption each year will not see an inflation-indexed bump for the 2023 tax year.
The pledge, a vestige of the McCarthy Red Scare era, is not mandatory, but has been signed by candidates for decades, including by Trump in 2020 and 2016.
Five people working with a voting rights organization filed a formal objection, making Illinois the 18th state challenging Trump over his ties to the 2021 insurrection.
Madigan, the longtime Illinois House Speaker, is charged with bribery and conspiracy. A lawmaker wants to ban his portrait from the House.
The shake-up comes amid union leadership questions about allegations of a “hostile work environment” against an unnamed executive.