by | Jun 30, 2016 | Advocacy Alerts, Advocacy Updates, Press Releases
Illinois’ stopgap budget is a respite, but isn’t enough. The Illinois General Assembly and Governor have passed a temporary “stopgap” budget for the just completed fiscal year (FY 2016) and the first six months of the just started fiscal year...
by | Jun 16, 2016 | Advocacy Alerts, Advocacy Events
In just two weeks, Illinois will start its second year without a state budget. We’re still urging lawmakers to put aside their differences and pass a balanced budget with adequate revenue before then. Meanwhile, it’s also vital that Governor Rauner sign...
by | Jun 2, 2016 | Advocacy Alerts, Advocacy Events
No State Budget By May 31 Deadline, But Still Time to Pass Responsible Budget by Beginning of Next Fiscal Year Who are the people most hurt by Governor Rauner and the General Assembly not working together to pass a responsible budget for next year by May 31? The ones...
by | May 13, 2016 | Advocacy Alerts, Advocacy Updates
The scheduled end of the current Illinois General Assembly session is May 31. Unless your state legislators and Governor Rauner hear from you, this will be the second year in a row that the session ends without passing a budget that has adequate revenue to fund state...
by | May 4, 2016 | Advocacy Alerts, Advocacy Updates
May 4 Update to Original April 29 Post: We were extremely disappointed that members of the Illinois House of Representatives adjourned without considering HJRCA 59, the Fair Tax amendment. With the deadline to get the measure on the ballot having come and gone, voters...
by | Apr 15, 2016 | Advocacy Alerts, Advocacy Updates
On April 13, the General Assembly sent a fiscal year 2016 budget bill, Senate Bill 2046, to Governor Rauner. Governor Rauner is expected to veto the bill, but we feel we have a responsibility to ask him not to in order to provide desperately needed funding for human...
