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Posts tagged Better Government Association
Reform for Illinois cheers election process
But more reforms necessary, says ED Alisa Kaplan, and wider ballot access granted in pandemic may not stick
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Ted Cox January 11, 2021 Reform for Illinois , Alisa Kaplan , 2020 Election , 2020 Illinois Election , COVID-19 , Vote By Mail , Illinois Ballot Access , Kanye West , Illinois Sunshine , Illinois Campaign Financing , Better Government Association , BGA , Rod Blagojevich , Michael Madigan , Jim Durkin , Bill Brady , Thomas Kilbride , Betsy Dirksen Londrigan , Rodney Davis , Gerrymandering
Daily Debunk: The 'conservative bugaboo' of 'tax flight'
St. Louis Post-Dispatch editorial backs Fair Tax Amendment
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Ted Cox October 13, 2020 Daily Debunk , Illinois Fair Tax , Illinois Progressive Income Tax , Illinois Graduated Income Tax , Fair Tax Amendment , St. Louis Post-Dispatch , Illinois Exodus , Tax Flight , Bill Brady , Better Government Association , Center for Tax and Budget Accountability , Dan Proft , Ralph Martire
Red-herring tax argument smells like dead fish
Studies show little if any connection between taxes and people leaving the state
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Ted Cox September 17, 2020 Illinois Fair Tax , Illinois Graduated Income Tax , Illinois Progressive Income Tax , Center for Tax and Budget Accountability , Dan Proft , Ralph Martire , Allison Flanagan , Chicago Reporter , Curtis Black , Illinois Exodus , Bruce Rauner , Pat Quinn , Better Government Association , BGA , Illinois Department of Revenue , Cristobal Young , Tax Flight , Kenneth Griffin , J.B. Pritzker
Who's vulnerable?
Impeachment passes House, with freshman Dems doing what they were elected to do: rein in Trump
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Ted Cox December 19, 2019 Donald Trump , Trump Impeachment , John Shimkus , Sean Casten , Peter Roskam , Hillary Clinton , Nancy Pelosi , Joe Biden , Nate Silver , FiveThirtyEight.com , Cheri Bustos , Jeanne Ives , Better Government Association , BGA , Lauren Underwood , Rodney Davis , Betsy Dirksen Londrigan , Mike Bost , Mitch McConnell
Duckworth prompts feds to test Sauget
Agency that detected Willowbrook cancer cluster to monitor Veolia incinerator
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Ted Cox November 25, 2019 Tammy Duckworth , Veolia North America Trade Waste Incinerator , Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry , Sterigenics , Better Government Association , BGA , EPA , Sean O'Donnell , Willowbrook Cancer Cluster
Lying Trump has 'pants on fire' on Chicago murders
BGA finds Chicago actually outpaces nation in reducing gun violence
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Ted Cox October 30, 2019 Donald Trump , Eddie Johnson , Chicago Murders , Chicago Gun Violence , Better Government Association , PolitiFact Illinois , BGA , International Association of Chiefs of Police , Chicago Gun Laws , Ames Grawert
To 500 and beyond: End-of-summer review
Farmers said, ‘Enough,’ the drumbeat for impeachment pounded, bills were signed into law, and Scabby the Rat faced off against Trump
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Ted Cox August 30, 2019 Donald Trump , J.B. Pritzker , Scabby the Rat , Vose's Korndogs , Trump Trade War , Trump Tariffs , Illinois Farm Bureau , Illinois Farmers , USDA , Illinois Legal Cannabis , Illinois Legalization , Illinois Legal Marijuana , Illinois Capital Bill , Reproductive Health Act , Illinois Minimum Teacher Salary , Illinois Education Funding , Paraeducators , Ameya Pawar , Universal Basic Income , Jan Schakowsky , Sean Casten , Lauren Underwood , Brad Schneider , Raja Krishnamoorthi , Bill Foster , Bill Brady , Better Government Association , BGA , EPA
Guzzardi, Weaver spar over population tax flight
Sen. Sims asks GOP lawmakers, ‘Where’s the plan?’
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Ted Cox April 15, 2019 Will Guzzardi , Elgie Sims , David McSweeney , Chuck Weaver , J.B. Pritzker , Bruce Rauner , Pritzker Fair Tax , Illinois Progressive Income Tax , Illinois Graduated Income Tax , Illinois Property Taxes , Better Government Association , BGA , Illinois Pensions
'Jobs tax' debunked
Study of Illinois, neighboring states finds no connection between jobs, tax rate
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Ted Cox April 11, 2019 Elizabeth Austin , J.B. Pritzker , Bruce Rauner , Illinois Fair Tax , Illinois Flat Tax , Illinois Progressive Income Tax , State Tax Rates , Illinois Jobs , Illinois Employment , Better Government Association , BGA , Ideas Illinois
Separatist legislator has 'pants on fire'
BGA finds lies on government funding being spread by state Rep. Halbrook
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Ted Cox April 10, 2019 Bruce Rauner , Brad Halbrook , Better Government Association , BGA , Paul Simon Public Policy Institute , SIUC , UIUC , Champaign News-Gazette , Illinois Gun Control , Illinois Abortion Rights , Illinois Immigration , Political Divide
Why can't a Democrat be more like a Republican?
At least when it comes to crafting — and sticking to — a compelling narrative on taxes
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Ted Cox April 10, 2019 Illinois Policy Institute , IPI , J.B. Pritzker , Bernie Sanders , Illinois Fair Tax , Illinois Progressive Income Tax , Illinois Graduated Income Tax , Bruce Rauner , Richard Uihlein , Grover Norquist , Rupert Murdoch , Donald Trump , Lyndon Baines Johnson , Ronald Reagan , Better Government Association , BGA
Pollution panel splits difference on coal-plant rules
The Illinois Pollution Control Board made concessions to environmentalists on clean-air standards and sent the compromise back to the public to reconsider it
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Ted Cox October 4, 2018 Bruce Rauner , J.B. Pritzker , Alec Messina , IEPA , Sierra Club , Piasa Palisades Sierra Club , Illinois Sierra Club , Illinois Pollution Control Board , Illinois Pollution , Dynegy , Vistra Energy , Union of Concerned Scientists , Better Government Association , Brett Chase , Virginia Woulfe-Belle
