Dave McKinney
ReporterDave McKinney covers Illinois government and politics for WBEZ and was the long-time Springfield bureau chief for the Chicago Sun-Times.
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The measure calls for the creation of a 3% tax on individual income over $1 million to use to reduce the property tax burden. -
If the projections hold true, Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker could face difficult financial decisions, from increasing taxes to cutting spending. -
The advisory referendum is not binding. But if passed later, Gov. JB Pritzker’s administration estimates the tax could generate $4.5 billion annually. -
According to new records in a civil case, ex-Illinois Sen. James DeLeo and lobbyist Nancy Kimme shared a clout-heavy company’s profits. -
A partisan United Center crowd delivered its booming adoration to former six-term Illinois Republican congressman Adam Kinzinger for delivering a rousing, never-Trump message Thursday night. -
While JB Pritzker has emphatically expressed his support of President Biden, he’s also not quashed the narrative that he has White House ambitions. -
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. -
A publishing company whose politically slanted newspapers have been derided as “pink slime” is being sued by Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul for illegally identifying birthdates and home addresses of “hundreds of thousands” of voters.
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Timothy Mapes was convicted of lying to a federal grand jury as part of an effort to thwart the feds’ probe into former House Speaker Michael Madigan. -
The judge’s decision comes as Illinois’ primary is less than three weeks away. It’s likely to be appealed.
