Rauner corporate tax-break plan tighten rules, draw critics
(AP) — Gov. Bruce Rauner describes his decision last week to rein in corporate tax breaks as more effective and fair through demanding that recipient companies create jobs rather than merely preserve...
View ArticleRauner corporate tax-break plan tightens rules, draws critics
CHAMPAIGN — Gov. Bruce Rauner describes his decision last week to rein in corporate tax breaks as more effective and fair through demanding that recipient companies create jobs rather than merely...
View ArticleIllinois governor's budget plan just the ticket or a huge problem?
Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner's proposed budget plan for the 2016 fiscal year includes heavy cuts and has garnered both criticism and praise. Illinois Senate President John Cullerton has been unsparing in...
View ArticleMadigan tightens corporate tax-credit rules over business outcry
Updated: May 14, 2014 11:21PM SPRINGFIELD — A push by House Speaker Michael Madigan to reel in a key business tax credit advanced in the Illinois House on Wednesday despite an outcry from business...
View ArticleIllinois Gov. Rauner To Forbes: Hand Control Of Taxes To Voters
Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner says he wants voters rather than elected officials to control local property tax rates as a key way to improve the business climate in his state and stop businesses from...
View ArticleGovernor Quinn Announces Illinois-Based GoHealth Expanding, Creating 450 Jobs...
(Source: State of Illinois) CHICAGO - Governor Pat Quinn and GoHealth LLC today announced that Illinois' leading health insurance exchange is adding 90,000 square feet in the Merchandise Mart in...
View ArticleExcerpts of editorials from Illinois newspapers
June 14, 2014 The (Carbondale) Southern Illinoisan VA issues demand solutions The unearthing of major issues with our nation's veterans' health care system must spur major changes. It's not going to...
View ArticleBelleville, Champaign, Peoria papers back Rauner
Republican businessman Bruce Rauner has picked up more newspaper endorsements in his bid for Illinois governor. The Belleville News...
View ArticleChampaign, Peoria, Belleville papers back Rauner
CHICAGO — Republican businessman Bruce Rauner has picked up more newspaper endorsements in his bid for Illinois governor. The...
View ArticleGovernor Quinn Announces Innovative Swedish-Based Manufacturer to Expand in...
(Source: The Office of the Governor of the State of Illinois) CHICAGO - Governor Pat Quinn today announced that Swedish-based SKF Group has selected Illinois for its new North American research and...
View ArticleGovernor Quinn Announces Innovative Swedish-Based Manufacturer to Expand in...
(Source: State of Illinois) CHICAGO - Governor Pat Quinn today announced that Swedish-based SKF Group has selected Illinois for its new North American research and development facility, which will...
View ArticleQuinn, Rauner Dig at Each Other With Illinois Finances Undebated
Oct. 1 (Bloomberg) -- To listen to the Illinois governor candidates, the most important issues are far away: dead nursing-home patients in Florida, membership in an elite California wine club and ties...
View ArticleIllinois lawmakers face daunting issues, divisions in new year
Keeping schools and social services funded. Making higher education more affordable. Addressing crowded prisons. Possibly redoing pension reform. As it enters 2015, Illinois faces a list of daunting...
View Article>ADM: Illinois set precedent with past perks
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Archer Daniels Midland Company said Tuesday that perks Illinois gave to Sears Holdings Corp. and other companies set a precedent that ADM would like to see followed as it tries...
View ArticleIllinois lawmakers say tax-break deals need more scrutiny
CHICAGO • Once again Illinois lawmakers are considering a list of tax breaks and other incentives to keep some companies in state and attract others — would-be deals that even many supporters say the...
View ArticleADM stays in Illinois despite lack of tax breaks
CHICAGO (AP) — Archer Daniels Midland Co. decided Wednesday to set up its new international headquarters in Chicago even after it failed in its bid for millions of dollars in state tax breaks. The move...
View Article>ADM stays in Illinois despite lack of tax breaks
CHICAGO (AP) — Archer Daniels Midland Co. decided Wednesday to set up its new international headquarters in Chicago even after it failed in its bid for millions of dollars in state tax breaks. The move...
View ArticleLawmakers: Tax-break deals need more scrutiny
CHICAGO (AP) Once again Illinois lawmakers are considering a list of tax breaks and other incentives to keep some companies in state and attract others would-be deals that even many supporters say...
View ArticleBusiness leaders' wish list for Rauner notes revenue needs
With one of their own in the governor's mansion, Illinois business leaders have a long wish list for wealthy venture capitalist Bruce Rauner. It includes cuts to high workers' compensation costs, fewer...
View ArticleIllinois tax break deals yield uncertain results for state
CHICAGO (AP) A newspaper analysis shows that companies who receive tax breaks through Illinois' primary job-creation program often don't add jobs and sometimes even lay off workers. The Chicago...
View ArticleJobs News Could Be A Boon For Illinois Governor In Tailend Of Tense Race
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) -- Announcements that hundreds of jobs will be coming to Illinois at a new fertilizer plant and for online retailer Amazon highlighted the starkly different prescriptions for...
View ArticleTax-break expansion plan raises concerns, shrugs
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan is pushing to give small companies equal access to tax breaks that big corporations have, but the proposal has been met with skepticism in...
View ArticleQuinn touts job news ahead of governor election
Associated Press CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Illinois this week received a three-part dose of news about new jobs and economic expansion a week before a gubernatorial election in which the state's business...
View Article>Quinn touts job news ahead of governor election
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Illinois this week received a three-part dose of news about new jobs and economic expansion a week before a gubernatorial election in which the state's business climate has been...
View ArticleAmazon gets Illinois tax credits despite calls for review
A prolonged state budget crisis that has led to public employee layoffs and the planned closing of government offices statewide hasn't kept Illinois from extending a package of corporate tax breaks to...
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