Rauner Vetoes Madigan's Income Tax Increase, Senate Overrides
Gov. Bruce Rauner vetoed Mike Madigan's 32 percent permanent income tax increase; Illinois Senate quickly overrides.
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Gov. Bruce Rauner vetoed Mike Madigan's 32 percent permanent income tax increase; Illinois Senate quickly overrides.
The state's budget crisis is far from over.
Moments after the Illinois House passed a spending plan that includes a 32 percent increase in the state's income tax, Gov. Rauner said he would veto the legislation.
Angry shouts erupted in the House when House Speaker, Mike Madigan, adjourned members without calling the budget for a vote.
Garcia wants to ban donations to Assessor candidates from attorneys, law firms, and business groups that appeal property tax assessments.
Test vote on House Democrats' spending plan passes 90-25, but lawmakers will blow through midnight deadline for budget deal.
Circuit Judge Daniel Kubasiak issued an order preventing the county from implementing the penny-per-ounce tax at least until July 12.
Brady, a Bloomington Republican, has been a state senator since 2002.
If the General Assembly cannot reach a budget agreement by midnight, Illinois will start a third fiscal year without a budget.
Seven employees of Chicago's Water Department say they were denied promotions, subjected to racial claims and sexually harassed because of their race.
Radogno was an author of the so-called "grand bargain" in the Senate, which got the ball rolling on months of budget talks this year.
President Trump's vulgar Twitter attack on MSNBC television host Mika Brzezinski drew swift condemnation from Illinois politicians.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel has said the city's more aggressive Board of Ethics has wrongly characterized some average citizens as lobbyists.
Gov. Bruce Rauner on Wednesday said he will extend the compulsory special sessions and keep Illinois legislators in Springfield past Friday, when a new budget needs to be in place for the next fiscal year.
The Illinois Retail Merchants Association has filed a lawsuit against the county, calling the penny-an-ounce tax unconstitutional.
