Tag: Illinois legislature
Labor scores multiple wins in Illinois Legislature
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Springfield, IL – Labor and its allies completed another good session in the Illinois General Assembly, which adjourned after passing a...
Illinois Legislature’s veto session canceled; Madigan becomes the issue
Claims against speaker may have hurt Democrats in the election
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Springfield, IL – The combination of the COVID-19 resurgence and a divisive...
Short session for Illinois Legislature nets Labor wins in response to...
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Springfield, IL — It was only a four-day session, haunted by the specter of the COVID-19 pandemic, but the Illinois AFL-CIO...
Illinois Legislature approves barrage of new Labor laws
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Springfield, IL – The highlights of the Illinois Legislature’s historic spring 2019 session have been well-reported and documented, but less attention has...
ONE MAN’S VIEW: Your vote can have positive consequences, IF….
We hear the phrase often: “Your vote has consequences.”
Most of the time it’s negative connotation referring to some terrible legislation passed by unthinking, unfeeling...
Illinois voters will decide on income tax change
Under Fair Tax amendment, wealthiest would pay a greater share
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Springfield, IL – Illinois voters will decide next year if the state will...
Pritzker’s Labor-endorsed fair tax plan moves toward a vote
Other Labor bills advance to the governor
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Springfield, IL – Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s proposed constitutional amendment to move Illinois from its current,...
Illinois capital-spending bill seeks to make up for a decade of...
Needed repairs and upgrades would put thousands to work
BY CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Springfield, IL – Support is building in Springfield and throughout Illinois for a...
Labor-supporting bills surge forward in Illinois Legislature
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Springfield, IL – The Labor Renaissance of 2019 continues at the Illinois State Capital with the new Labor-supporting governor joining with...
Bill to block local RTW zones advances in Illinois Senate
By CARL GREEN
Illinois Correspondent
Springfield, IL – Legislation that would prohibit local governments from restricting collective bargaining by creating phony local “right-to-work” zones is moving...