Illinois is one of three states with an income tax that doesn’t tax retirement income. ILLUSTRATION BY RICK NEASE/TNS Illinois is one of only three states that has an income tax but exempts all retirement income. Politicians, along with advocacy groups, have long pushed to keep it that way. But amid the spiraling state budget […]
Kari Lydersen
Kari Lydersen, a regular contributor to AlterNet, also writes for the Washington Post and is an instructor for the Urban Youth International Journalism Program in Chicago.
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State prison reform plan held captive
This article is the product of a collaboration between Illinois Times and the Better Government Association. The BGA is an independent, nonpartisan and nonprofit government watchdog that specializes in investigative reporting with media partners througho Illinois’ devastated finances and well-known government dysfunction is claiming another victim – the legally mandated launch of a promising prison […]
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Rauner’s long shot: Right-to-work zones
About the articleThis article is the product of a collaboration between Illinois Times and the Better Government Association. The BGA is an independent, nonpartisan and nonprofit government watchdog that specializes in investigativereporting with media partners throughout the state. The BGA’s Rescuing Illinois Project is an ongoing series of in-depth reports examining state government and its […]
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Pot biz lights up
About the articleThis article is the product of the first collaboration between Illinois Times and the Better Government Association. The BGA is an independent, nonpartisan and nonprofit government watchdog that specializes in investigative reporting with media partners throughout the state. The BGA’s Rescuing Illinois Project is an ongoing series of in-depth reports examining state government […]
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We know more now about the dangers and disasters of empire building in Iraq — the ongoing bloodshed on the ground, expansion of terrorist activities, the huge budget-busting costs of occupation, the stretching and undermining of the military, and the increased insecurity that many Americans feel as a result of the invasion. We also now […]
