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Petition circulation period for underway for March 2018 primaries

HILLSBORO (Heartland Newsfeed) -- Petition circulation for the March 20, 2018 primary election for Democratic and Republican candidates started Tuesday, according to Montgomery County Clerk Sandy Leitheiser. The ballot access campaign for both major parties began Tuesday morning and will continue until the filing period for nominating papers and petition signatures, which will be from Monday, November 24 through Monday, December 4. County offices to be nominated in the primary election includes: a two-year unexpired term for State's Attorney to […]

todaySeptember 6, 2017 2

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Rep. Keith Wheeler saw school funding bill as rare chance to unite House

SPRINGFIELD (Heartland Newsfeed) -- The historic education funding reform enacted in Illinois last week is a compromise that will help students from all income levels, Rep. Keith Wheeler (R-Oswego) said as the House debated Senate Bill 1947 on August 28. “Ladies and gentlemen, this is a rare opportunity in my tenure here for us to actually look at what we can call a bipartisan success,” Wheeler said. “We haven’t done a lot of that lately. It’s time for us to […]

todaySeptember 4, 2017 3

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Righter touted school funding formula as way to help poor families in lllinois

  SPRINGFIELD (Heartland Newsfeed) -- The new education funding reform model passed by the General Assembly last week will be a positive paradigm shift in how the state handles and funds its schools, Sen. Dale Righter (R-Mattoon) contended during Senate debate. “What we have before us today is a dramatic change in our priorities in terms of the flow of public dollars to public institutions that teach our children in elementary and secondary grades,” Righter said. “In terms of what […]

todaySeptember 4, 2017 12

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Rep. Brad Halbrook calls for wiser approach to state K-12 funding

SHELBYVILLE (Heartland Newsfeed) -- State Representative Brad Halbrook (R-Shelbyville) recently called for K-12 funding to be more focused following a report on the alarming rapid growth of education in the past two decades. “We need money for schools but simply throwing money at our school districts isn’t the answer,” Halbrook said in a statement. “Most people understand that funding schools is a civic duty we all have. Even people who do not have kids enrolled in school understand that funding […]

todayAugust 30, 2017 2

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Rep. Jeanne Ives points to Coles County assessment suit as proof system is broken

SPRINGFIELD (Heartland Newsfeed) -- State Representative Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) wants the Illinois Department of Revenue to investigate every Illinois county to determine whether property assessments have been performed according to law. “Illinois has the highest effective property tax rates in the nation," Ives said in a press release. "We just raised income taxes 32% when too many of our residents already cannot afford to live here. We need a system where residents can be assured that they will not be […]

todayAugust 30, 2017 9

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Illinois Policy Institute: Moody’s warns delay of state funding for Illinois schools a ‘credit negative’

SPRINGFIELD/CHICAGO (Illinois Policy Institute) -- State lawmakers keep giving ratings agencies reasons to downgrade Illinois government: pension crises, years of bad budgets and a two-year budget impasse are just a few examples. All have caused the credit ratings of various Illinois governments – from cities to universities to the state itself – to collapse. Many are now junk-rated and the state is just one notch away from junk itself. Now the ratings agencies have yet another reason to downgrade some […]

todayAugust 21, 2017 2

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Sen. Andy Manar rejects funding changes that would bring $8.7 million more to his school districts

SPRINGFIELD (Heartland Newsfeed/Illinois Policy Institute) -- The chief Senate sponsor of Senate Bill 1, State Sen. Andy Manar (D-Bunker Hill) has criticized Gov. Bruce Rauner’s amendatory veto of the new education funding bill. Rauner’s amendatory veto removed language from SB 1 that amounted to a bailout for Chicago Public Schools. Specifically, Manar promoted a map that shows analysis by Advance Illinois claiming a large number of “losing districts” under the governor’s changes. But an Illinois State Board of Education analysis […]

todayAugust 13, 2017 15

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Mike Fortner says ‘cycle ends,’ won’t seek re-election

WEST CHICAGO (Heartland Newsfeed) -- Illinois State Representative Mike Fortner (R-West Chicago) will end his 12-year career in the House at the conclusion of his current term in January 2019, according to his website. “Life is lived in cycles," Fortner posted. "There are cycles due to changes in our personal lives and those of our families. Elected officials are not immune to these cycles. It has been my honor to serve the public at both the state and local level, […]

todayAugust 10, 2017 4

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Income tax hike will cost Moultrie County residents $3.8 million more this year

  SULLIVAN (Heartland Newsfeed) -- Moultrie County residents will pay an additional $3,812,807 in state income taxes this year, according to an analysis by Local Government Information Services (LGIS). LGIS combined Illinois Department of Revenue data with a forecast by Senate Democrats to estimate how much additional income tax will be paid in each Illinois zip code. The following Moultrie County communities will pay the most: Sullivan ($2,494,088 total/$684 per person), Bethany ($405,754/$476), Dalton City ($317,455/$740) and Gays ($163,851/$514). Retroactive […]

todayAugust 5, 2017 5

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