Legislative 3/4

Feb 19, 2016

Key legislative breakfast event message: Advocate for your town

At the breakfast, Legislative Committee Chairman Richard Reinbold (mayor of Richton Park) presented an SSMMA major issue overview,...

Feb 17, 2016

Budget ‘uncertainty’ weighs on local communities

In a letter earlier this month to faculty and staff at Governors State University, Maimon, president of the University Park school, said...

Feb 5, 2016

Gov. Rauner announces four bipartisan pieces of legislation to streamline local government

Map courtesy of the Illinois Association of REALTORS® Press release from the Office of the Governor: Governor Bruce Rauner [on Feb. 5,...

Jan 20, 2016

State universities: Illinois budget stalemate causing damage ‘beyond repair’

“This is a crisis by every definition of the word crisis,” said Thomas Wogan, spokesman for the South Side public university that serves...

Dec 18, 2015

Report on how to shrink Illinois government approved

Map courtesy of the Illinois Association of REALTORS® Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner’s task force on shrinking the number of Illinois...

Dec 11, 2015

IML staff analysis of local government funding bill (SB2039)

Analysis of Senate Bill 2039 Staff: Joe Schatteman Status of Legislation: Public Act 99 – 0491 (Effective Date – December 7, 2015) ...

Dec 9, 2015

Distribution schedule of released state funds

Thanks to the Illinois Municipal League for providing this info: With the passage of SB2039 (and enactment of PA99-0491), previously...

Dec 8, 2015

Task force looks to shrink Illinois government

Map courtesy of the Illinois Association of REALTORS® On the campaign trail and in his first weeks in office, Gov. Bruce Rauner pledged...

Dec 8, 2015

Gov. Rauner OKs ‘piecemeal’ spending plan in rare compromise

The Republican governor took action just hours after the Democratic-controlled Senate sent him the legislation on a 53-0 vote. The...

Dec 3, 2015

Rauner, Democrats strike deal on lottery payouts, gas tax money for towns

Normally, municipalities receive a share of gas tax, 911 surcharge and gambling revenue to help prop up day-to-day operations, but those...

Nov 30, 2015

Budget impasse’s threat growing for Southland social services

The number of people in need of treatment exceeds the agency’s ability to serve them all, its top official said, and the situation is...

Nov 25, 2015

Will County to state: Give us our money

The board has passed resolutions urging legislators to provide the county with its share of revenue from the motor fuel tax and the 911...

Nov 12, 2015

Illinois House’s vote to send overdue money to towns in political limbo

After withholding nearly $2 billion from towns in motor fuel tax funds, fee revenue for 911 dispatch centers, local video gambling money...

Nov 3, 2015

Local governments owed more than $181M in motor fuel taxes

Records from the Illinois comptroller’s office show more than $89 million is owed to municipalities and $63.6 million is owed to...

Oct 27, 2015

Illinois workers’ comp costs fall below Indiana, Wisconsin

Workers’ compensation has emerged as an important issue in the budget stalemate in Springfield. Before approving a budget for the current...

Oct 26, 2015

Kadner: Rauner loan offer riles Southland mayors

They’re referring to a proposal by Gov. Bruce Rauner to offer low-interest state loans to municipalities that are suffering financially...

Oct 21, 2015

As state withholds Motor Fuel Tax, village’s street repair fund could run dry

But, as the state budget impasse continues, revenues that fund those expenditures will soon be nearly depleted. Flossmoor and other...

Oct 8, 2015

Rauner isn’t going to end the budget stalemate

Speaking at an awards luncheon of the Chicago Southland Convention & Visitors Bureau at the Oak Lawn Hilton, the Republican governor said...

Oct 2, 2015

Mayors push to release tax money due towns

Suburban mayors are stepping up pressure on the state to release millions of dollars in motor fuel and gambling tax revenue and other...

Sep 23, 2015

State gaming board slams door on casino malls

Gaming board chairman Donald Tracy reiterated a statement he made at the board’s August meeting, saying he viewed such operations as...

ARPA Resources