State Sen. Dave Koehler told an audience at East Bluff Community Center that legislation to change the state income tax from a flat rate of 4.95 percent to a graduated tax with higher rates on higher wage earners will mean,…
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Letters: Top Legislative Agenda Should Be Climate Change
by contributor • • Comments Off on Letters: Top Legislative Agenda Should Be Climate Change
Re “Immigration and Infrastructure Top of Legislative Agenda for Republicans in Congress” (Ray LaHood’s column, February 2018): I suggest a-top-of-the-agenda item for Congress—climate change. Tragically, the present Republican President, cabinet, White House staff and Congress not only do not identify…
Potential Income Tax Decrease Threatens State Revenue
by Sara Browning • • Comments Off on Potential Income Tax Decrease Threatens State Revenue
After promising to allow the supposedly temporary income tax increase signed into law three years ago to expire in 2015, Governor Pat Quinn and most Democrats are preparing for an extension which may lead to deeper cuts. Despite the impact…