17 Feb 2019

The Price of Pension Payments

By Rich Miller

Governor JB Pritzker's administration has confirmed that its new public pension plan will slash $800 million from the state's scheduled pension payment next fiscal year, which begins July 1.

16 Feb 2019

Gov Pritzker's Pension Plan Stranded at The Tollway?

By Rich Miller

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker's administration has confirmed that its new public pension plan will slash $800 million from the state's scheduled pension-payment next fiscal year, which begins July 1.

That reduction is a direct result of Pritzker's proposal, unveiled last week by Deputy Gov Dan Hynes, which would extend the state's pension-payment "ramp" by seven years, from 2045 to 2052.

10 Feb 2019

The Effects of “Dark Money” on the Governor's Agenda

By Rich Miller

Two "dark money" groups are stepping up to separately promote and attack the new governor's agenda.

03 Feb 2019

Smoke Doesn't Always Mean Fire

By Rich Miller

We've known for weeks now that the FBI recorded Chicago Alderman Ed Burke's mobile-phone conversations over a period of eight months, listening in on 9,475 calls. And then we discovered that the feds had wired up Chicago Alderman Danny Solis during his own conversations with Burke.

27 Jan 2019

Frugality and the Illinois GOP

By Rich Miller

We all know that former Governor Bruce Rauner was outspent by our new Governor JB Pritzker during the 2018 campaign. But the actual numbers are pretty darned eye-opening.

20 Jan 2019

A Big Job Ahead for Sol Flores

By Rich Miller

Governor JB Pritzker announced last week that he had picked Sol Flores to be his fourth deputy governor. He’d previously announced deputy governors Dan Hynes, Christian Mitchell, and Jesse Ruiz.

13 Jan 2019

Pritzker Inspiring Optimism and Excitement … on Both Sides

By Rich Miller

I missed JB Pritzker’s impromptu speech to a gathering of Republicans last week by a few minutes. But the fact that Pritzker even stopped by the event, hosted by Senate Republican Leader Bill Brady and House Republican Leader Jim Durkin, was notable in and of itself.

23 Dec 2018

A Tale of Two Parties

By Rich Miller

I attended two parties in one evening last month that seemed to complement each other.

16 Dec 2018

Can an Arizona-style Pension Fix Work for Illinois?

By Rich Miller

We’ve seen a big push over the past few weeks for an Arizona-style pension “fix” here. That state’s voters have twice approved constitutional amendments to limit future benefits for public employees – once in 2016 and then again last month.

09 Dec 2018

Pritzker's Plans for the Minimum-Wage Hike

By Rich Miller

Governor-elect JB Pritzker was asked last week about the timeline for passage of a new minimum-wage law.

“That’s very important to me,” Pritzker said, “It’s probably something we’ll be able to get done in the first six months in office.”

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