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Same old bad news in new 2020 Illinois pension report belies far worse reality – Wirepoints
On the surface, a new report on Illinois’ state-level pensions is bad enough: The official unfunded liability of the five state pensions grew to $144 billion in 2020 – a record high, and a $7 billion increase in just one year. That’s according to COGFA, the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability’s latest special pension report.
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Dabrowski blasts state Democrats over canceled session: 'Taxpayers everywhere should be appalled'
Wirepoints President Ted Dabrowski has a one-track mind when it comes to getting the state’s long-muddled finances in order.
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Dabrowski applauds defeat of governor's tax plan: 'He should be talking about pension reform'
Wirepoints President Ted Dabrowski is saluting Illinois voters for finally taking more of their destiny into their own hands.
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OPINION: COVID-19 Debate Infected By Fallacy Of Averages
Can you walk across a river with an average depth of five feet?
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New CDC Estimates: Fatality Rate For COVID-19 Drops Again And May Surprise You – Wirepoints
What’s are the real chances of dying if you are infected with COVID-19? You’ll probably be surprised how low they are according to new numbers from the Center for Disease Control. We’ll state those numbers simply for those of you who aren’t crazy about math.
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COMMENTARY: Illinois And The Mail-In Voting Election Mess
The Illinois General Assembly held no hearings when it passed legislation this spring to vastly expand mail-in voting in the state. That’s right, no hearings were held on historic changes to the most important element of a democratic republic – the voting process. The legislation passed both houses on a nearly straight party line vote with Democrats supporting and Republicans opposing.
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Wirepoints founder blasts Illinois Clean Energy Jobs Act as 'insane'
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker wants to move swiftly to develop and pass clean energy legislation with willing partners in an open and transparent process, according to a tweet on Twitter about the Clean Energy Jobs Act (CEJA) by the Environmental, Business & Labor Coalition.
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Op-Ed: Illinois, Get Real If You Truly Want The Federal Money You Banked On
To make its current budget, Illinois pretended it had already pocketed about $5 billion of help from Congress to make up for tax revenue shortfalls caused by the pandemic. It will need at least that much to repay short term borrowing it plans on taking from the Federal Reserve Bank.
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Wirepoints: 'Ending Madigan's reign' would be only the 'first step' toward stamping out corruption
Wirepoints President Ted Dabrowski believes that while Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan's (D-Chicago) grip on state government may be loosening, the culture of "legalized corruption" he has built over the past four decades will be much more difficult to dismantle.
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Wirepoints writer: Article on potential higher property taxes draws interest
Co-author said tip from state senator lead to exploration of potential tax increase
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Wirepoints president: Removing Madigan won't do much because 'tentacles of corruption go that wide and deep'
Wirepoints President Ted Dabrowski is warning Illinois residents not to make too much of House Speaker Mike Madigan (D-Chicago) being implicated in an ongoing federal corruption probe as part of the never-ending battle to clean up Springfield.
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Wirepoints president warns of property tax increases due to COVID-19
Illinoisans can expect even higher property tax rates as the ongoing pandemic accelerates the decades-long shift of the burden from commercial property holders to homes, a conservative-leaning public policy expert warned in a recent op-ed commentary
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Glennon: Pritzker playing politics with pandemic
Wirepoints founder says Pritzker's face mask claims are not supported by data
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Wirepoints: Data fail to support Pritzker's continued efforts to close Illinois
Illinois has one of the strictest schedules in the country to reopen businesses, public spaces, schools and religious institutions, leading critics to say it is time to reopen the state and get things moving again.
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Illinois first state to seek funds via new Federal Reserve lending program
Wirepoints reports that Illinois will be the first state to tap into a Federal Reserve lending program to help the state raise the funds it needs due to the COVID-19 economic shutdown as well as the income tax collections postponement.
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Wirepoints president says Illinois Democrats' latest budget epitomizes why state's economic woes persist
Wirepoints President Ted Dabrowski points to the way Democrats in Springfield crafted their new state budget as Exhibit A for why the state remains mired in the dire financial straits it's long found itself in.
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Wirepoints makes a data-backed argument about why Illinoisans 'can and must get back to work'
When Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed off on the stay-at-home order that essentially shut off Illinois' economy five weeks ago, few could argue with his reasoning. Now, though, a government watchdog group claims the current reality warrants opening the state back up.
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Watchdog: Illinois Senate Democrats want to use pandemic to fix pension problems
Wirepoints published a letter April 17 written by Illinois Senate President Don Harmon (D-Oak Park) which amounts to a federal bailout request that asked for billions.
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Wirepoints president calls for government transparency, economic strategy
Wirepoints President Ted Dabrowski worries that Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker's one-size-fits-all approach to fighting the coronavirus crisis may ultimately make for even more victims.
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Illinois has enough ventilators for COVID-19 patients, according to state's data
If Gov. J.B. Pritzker gets the 4,000 ventilators he's requested, Illinois could end up with 2,280 more ventilators than it needs under worst-case scenario projections for the coronavirus crisis in Illinois, according to an analysis of recently released data from the state.