Showing posts with label business climate. Show all posts
Showing posts with label business climate. Show all posts
Thursday, September 18, 2014

Income stagnant in Illinois

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The state’s median income has not increased since 2008, according to numbers from the U.S. Census Bureau. The median household income for ...
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Thursday, June 26, 2014

Legislative inaction threatens some corporate tax breaks

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By Caitlin Rydinsky After lawmakers were unable to agree on changes to the state’s business tax policies , some Illinois companies could l...
Saturday, May 31, 2014

Efforts to change business tax climate fall short

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By Caitlin Rydinsky A last minute push to change a highly scrutinized tax credit used by large corporations failed to move forward in the ...
Thursday, May 29, 2014

Committee evaluating business taxes releases report, but reaches no consensus

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By Caitlin Rydinsky A House committee released a report Wednesday evaluating the tax climate for business in the state, but the group stru...
Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Madigan-backed EDGE credit changes advance

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By Caitlin Rydinsky  After months of discussion on tax reform, the House Revenue and Finance Committee on Wednesday passed an amendment th...

Several factors at play in tax vote

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By Jamey Dunn The House plans to vote for spending before it takes up the issue of revenue, but a vote on extending the current income tax...
Friday, April 25, 2014

What to watch: budget edition

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By Jamey Dunn Illinois lawmakers have had a two week break from the capitol, but they are scheduled to be back in session on Tuesday. As t...
Monday, April 14, 2014

Proposed ban on plastic microbeads could be model for other states

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By Caitlin Rydinksy, A bill approved last week by the Illinois Senate that would eliminate plastic microbeads found in hygiene products co...
Thursday, November 07, 2013

Veto session is over, or is it?

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By Jamey Dunn Illinois lawmakers approved the spending to set up the state’s concealed carry of firearms permit today, but other issues su...
Wednesday, November 06, 2013

Veto session roundup, Day 2

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Thursday, October 31, 2013

New ADM tax break bill proposed

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By Jamey Dunn Whether same sex marriage or public pension reform will pass during the last week of the Illinois General Assembly's fal...
Tuesday, October 22, 2013

First week of veto session shaping up to be a bust

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By Jamey Dunn The Illinois General Assembly's fall veto session was off to an anticlimactic start today, as hearings on some of the mo...
Sunday, October 20, 2013

Veto session preview

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By Jamey Dunn Our October issue has a helpful preview of the Illinois General Assembly's fall veto session. (It is only available in t...
Friday, October 18, 2013

Illinois Supreme Court strikes down ‘Amazon’ tax

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By Jamey Dunn The Illinois Supreme Court today struck down a law that requires online sellers to collect state taxes if they partner with ...
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Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Half of Illinois' fast-food workers rely on public aid

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By Jamey Dunn More than half of front-line fast food workers in Illinois are recipients of public aid. A new report titled Fast Food. P...
Thursday, September 05, 2013

Whitley to retire from Illinois Chamber of Commerce

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By Jamey Dunn Doug Whitley, president and chief executive officer of the Illinois Chamber of Commerce, announced today that he plans to re...
Wednesday, May 29, 2013

House votes to extend telecommunications law

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By Jamey Dunn The Illinois House voted today to make some tweaks to the state’s Telecommunications Act and extend the law until 2015. Th...
Wednesday, March 06, 2013

Quinn: Close tax loopholes to pay old bills

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By Meredith Colias Gov. Pat Quinn’s proposed state budget would continue to chip away at Illinois' overdue bills, but he hopes lawmake...