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The standard exemption increase will mean an extra $69 or so for families of four. The tax credit will once again be tied to inflation after lawmakers last year quietly untied it.
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The proposed change would expand the scope of citizen-initiated amendments to allow for changes to a requirement that candidates for state offices must file statements of economic interest.
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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.
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Primary meddling, dark money and self-funding loopholes help skew Illinois politics to favor moneyed candidates. But there are also solutions 鈥 like fighting big money with public funding of campaigns.
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Wednesday on 鈥淪t. Louis on the Air,鈥 we gathered our political reporters to recap Tuesday鈥檚 election. The consensus: Republicans ruled the night.鈥淚t was a鈥
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U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin knows firsthand the difficulty in getting a minimum wage increase passed through a legislative body. The Illinois Democrat was鈥
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Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn鈥檚 proposal to give Illinois homeowners鈥 a guaranteed $500 property tax refund could leave most renters out in the cold, according鈥
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Illinois residents would continue paying a 5-percent income tax rate under the much-anticipated budget proposal Gov. Pat Quinn presented Wednesday.鈥
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Wealthy businessman Bruce Rauner narrowly won Illinois鈥 Republican primary for governor, with final returns Tuesday night showing him hovering around 40鈥
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With the Illinois economy and state finances in bad shape, Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn has a rough re-election ahead of him. But he's been counted out before and his likely GOP foe has flaws of his own.