Third Reading Report: November 4, 2024

Attached is a complete listing of the U.S. presidential and vice presidential, Congressional, Illinois Senate, Illinois House, and Illinois Supreme Court races in the November 5, 2024 general election. Results will be sent out following the election. Important...

Third Reading Report: October 21, 2024

NOTE: We will not distribute a weekly report on Monday, October 28. On October 15, the Better Government Association (BGA) held a discussion around Fixing Illinois’ Pension System. In conjunction with the discussion, BGA, the Civic Committee, and the Civic Federation...

Third Reading Report: October 14, 2024

Illinois Leaders Travel to Japan to Promote the State Gov. J.B. Pritzker and other Illinois leaders went on a six-day trade mission to Japan from October 5 to 10. 49 government and business leaders joined the governor in Japan, including House Speaker Chris Welch...

Third Reading Report: October 7, 2024

SB 2412, a mini election omnibus that passed the General Assembly in May, will put three non-binding advisory questions on the November 5 election ballot statewide. Given that they are non-binding, the General Assembly has no requirement to enact legislation,...

Third Reading Report: September 30, 2024

Economic development continues to be a top priority for Illinois under Gov. J.B. Pritzker. Over the last few years, the state updated its flagship Economic Development for a Growing Economy (EDGE) tax incentive and created the Reimagining Energy and Vehicles (REV) and...

Third Reading Report: September 23, 2024

Through the first two months of FY 2025, Illinois revenues are up about 6% over FY 2024, but the pace of economic growth appears to be slowing. Both sales tax and corporate income tax revenues remain below their FY 2024 figures at this point in the fiscal year....
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