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2007 Press Archive
December
We’ll have
the jobs, just not the huge paychecks, Rockford Register Star,
12/22/2007
Globalization splits Chicago's economy,
Crain's Chicago, 12/17/2007
November
Con-Con revisited, Illinois Issues, November 2007
Officials Weigh In On Stroger, North West Illinois, 11/11/2007
Capitol mess lies in dome's shadow, Chicago Sun-Times,
11/07/2007
October
The low down on Illinois' `low taxes', Chicago Tribune,
10/25/2007
Webliography: How big is the burden on Illinois taxpayers?,
Chicago Tribune, 10/24/2007
Appetite for state and local tax increases due to outmoded taxes,
Illinoiz, 10/23/2007
Sen. Frerichs proposes new tax structure, News Gazette,
10/19/2007
Central Illinois in Career Crisis, Peoria Journal Star,
10/11/2007
For now, no sales tax increase, Daily SouthTown, 10/02/2007
Economic growth is sluggish, Macomb Journal, 10/1/2007
Restaurants affected most by wage increase, Kane County
Chronicle, 10/1/2007
September
Chapter 2: Unequal state equalizer,
Daily Herald, 9/30/2007
Cook sales tax hike should be rejected, Daily Herald, 9/30/2007
Hospitals Cry Poor Over Charity Care, Chicago Sun-Times,
9/29/2007
When is Pork Not Pork? Eight Forty-Eight, 9/25/2007
Economic challenges, opportunities facing the region highlight forum,
Macomb Eagle, 9/25/2007
Budget Cuts Blasted, Quad Cities Online, 9/24/2007
Group Rallies Against Cuts,
KC Chronicle, 9/20/2007
Pensions' appetite worries lawmakers, Peoria Journal Star,
9/10/2007
Taking it To the Streets,
Catalyst Chicago, 9/2007
How Times analyzed charity-care data, Contra Costa Times,
9/2/2007
August
Proposed
budget boosts school funding, Daily SouthTown,
8/10/2007
July
School funding reform unsettled, State Journal Register, 7/9/07
June
Area
Jobs Remain Empty Because There's Not Enough Qualified People,
WREX-TV Rockford, 6/29/07
Need to
groom next generation of workers draws attention at forum,
Decatur Herald & Review, 6/28/07
Forum addresses challenges, opportunities in Illinois employment,
Moline Dispatch/ Rock Island Argus, 6/14/07
Preserving our quality of life, Chicago Tribune, 6/12/07
Proposed Round
Lake Hospital Draws Protestors from City, as Groups Charge Advocate
with 'Medical White Flight' Earth Times, 6/5/07
May
Group proposes new school funding plan Daily Herald Kane County,
5/22/07
State tax breaks you get Daily Herald News, 5/22/07
A
'Burnham Plan' for schools Chicago Tribune, 5/21/07
Six-Figure
Public Servants ABC 7 News Chicago, 5/16/07
Study: Swapping state pension plan doesn't save Peoria Journal
Star, 5/8/09
Illinois urged to stay with pensions Springfield
Journal-Register, 5/8/07
Pension
switch would cost state more in long run: study Crain's
Business, 5/7/07
Time to
weigh options on raising Illinois revenue Chicago Sun-Times,
5/4/07
Hononegah students lobby state reps Beloit Daily News, 5/3/07
April
Funding reform touted at D300 Courier News, 4/25/07
Expert
explains new bill Northwest Herald, 4/25/07
Governor's
proposed gross receipt tax concerns local businesses Pike Press,
4/19/07
Work force
panel: Valley workers need training Beacon News,
4/14/2007
Illinois' pension
bills are piling up St Louis Post Dispatch, 4/6/2007
March
Education
and Electricity Illinois
Issues, 3/21/07
Senate boss
says he will consider property tax cuts Lincoln
Courier, 3/15/2007
Ministers are calling on Gov. Blagojevich to release total
healthcare federal funds they say are allocated for county alone
Chicago Defender, 3/7/2007
Blagojevich offers big plans backed by big tax hikes
Journal Gazette, 3/7/2007
Budget
plan links lottery, pensions Northwest Herald, 3/6/2007
February
Historic
opportunity' to address school funding woes this year?
FarmWeek, 2/28/07
Big
Biz, Small Biz: Blago may have a tax for you Quad-Cities Online,
2/21/07
Spending and Tax Problems in Illinois' State Budget, Illinois
Channel, 2/12/07
Tax
Increase Proposed for Schools, Lincoln Courier, 2/9/2007
Budget plan links lottery, pensions Northwest Herald, 2/9/2007
Lawmakers propose shifting education funding
to income tax St. Louis Post Dispatch, 2/9/2007
Businesses prepare for tax battle
State Journal Register, 2/9/2007
Education funding measures target taxes
State Journal Register, 2/9/2007
School funding plan unveiled
Peoria Journal Star, 2/9/2007
State tax plan back in play
Pantagraph, 2/9/2007
State tax increase proposed to bolster school funding
Daily Journal, 2/9/2007
Proposal to raise
taxes heading to Legislature? NorthWest Times,
2/9/2007
Sen. Meeks to Re-Introduce Bill SB-750, to fund
Schools & Pensions Illinois Channel, 2/8/2007
Big biz, small biz: Blago may have tax for you
Quad
Cities Online, 2/8/2007
Budget
Buzz Illinois Issues,
2/6/2007
January
Public healthcare at root of budget crisis, critics say
ABC 7 News, 1/31/2007
Daley says this is year to reform state school funding
Daily Chronicle, 1/8/2007
Daley champions state school funding reform
Belleville News Democrat, 1/8/2007
Where the
jobs are and will be Chicago Tribune, 1/7/2007
Daley says
this is the year to reform state school funding Chicago Tribune,
1/4/2007
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