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The Illinois Trial Lawyers Association: Protecting Working People & Fighting Trump’s Predatory MAGA Agenda
Thursday, Aug 21, 2025 - Posted by Advertising Department [The following is a paid advertisement.] Don’t be fooled by the same front groups, associations and companies that are backing Trump’s predatory MAGA agenda of raising prices, slashing Medicaid, and gutting the Environmental Protection Agency, Food & Drug Administration, and Occupational Safety and Health Administration. They want Illinois to turn its back on people who have been harmed by the negligence and malfeasance of big corporations, and wrongly believe our state can’t be pro-worker and pro-business. The Illinois Trial Lawyers Association is proud to stand with state elected officials who are aggressively fighting Trumpian policies and those who support them. While the federal government and other states abandon their responsibilities to protect Americans from preventable harms, Illinois is a beacon in the nation’s dark night, showing what responsible government looks like. Our state balances the needs of business with workers’ rights and consumer protections to create opportunities for everyone to thrive, not just the wealthy and well-connected. Trial lawyers will always fight for working people and the most vulnerable, helping them to receive justice and holding corporate wrongdoers accountable. For more information about the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, click here.
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IPA: SB40 With Energy Storage Will Slash Sky-High Electric Bills
Thursday, Aug 21, 2025 - Posted by Advertising Department [The following is a paid advertisement.] Consumers across Illinois are seeing massive increases in their bills because of inadequate energy supplies and rising demand. And yet a tool that numerous studies have shown could have averted some of these increases now and in the future, battery energy storage, waits for legislative action. Last session, without evidence, opponents claimed adding energy storage in Illinois would spike ratepayer bills. But no fewer than a half dozen studies in Illinois and across the country from groups like the Illinois Power Agency, Clean Grid Alliance and NRDC have shown that storage saves billions for ratepayers. The Facts:
- ComEd customers would save “from $1.52/month to $2.32/month by 2030 and $7.89/month to $8.52/month by 2035.” The facts don’t lie – consumers are seeing the cost of doing nothing in their spiking electric bills NOW. Adding energy storage to Illinois’s electric grid will save consumers billions. That’s why CUB is asking lawmakers to pass SB40 as the best way “to contain costs for electric customers while managing unprecedented energy demand.” Illinois must follow the facts and enact SB40 this fall to deploy 6 gigawatts of energy storage by 2035. Click here for more information.
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Consumers Are Getting Slammed With Higher Electric Rates – Don’t Add Fuel To The Fire With ROFR
Wednesday, Aug 20, 2025 - Posted by Advertising Department [The following is a paid advertisement.] Illinois consumers are feeling the heat, both from triple-digit temperatures and soaring electricity bills. Ameren customers are seeing 18–22% rate hikes. ComEd has customers paying as much as triple-digit increases. And it’s going to get worse. In July, the PJM Capacity Auction hit another record high - a 22% increase on top of the record highs everyone just started paying. This will already lead to further rate increases next year! As frustration heats up, lawmakers must choose: support competition that drives prices down or fan the flames of electricity inflation with “Right of First Refusal” (ROFR) legislation. ROFR kills competition and boosts prices by giving incumbent utilities exclusive rights to build transmission lines. It’s so anti-competitive that both presidents - Biden and Trump - opposed it in 2020 and 2023. As the ICC has said, “The Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) believes that competition among transmission developers spurs innovative results and helps control costs.”  ROFR would send electricity prices even higher. Springfield should focus on long-term strategies to lower electricity bills, not raise them. As ROFR may resurface this fall, legislators should reject it and stand up for cost-cutting competition that benefits consumers.
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Tariffs Impact Everyone
Wednesday, Aug 20, 2025 - Posted by Advertising Department [The following is a paid advertisement.] The shelves of Springfield’s Whimsy Tea are filled with hundreds of tea blends from 149 different countries around the globe. For a retail business whose main product is predominantly reliant on international trade, owner and founder Gordon Davis is facing challenges unlike any other for his business: the specter of rising tariffs. The increased costs associated with tariffs impact us all, and Gordon predicts from his retail experience that the trickle-down effects will keep rolling and rolling. Retailers like Gordon enrich our economy and strengthen our communities, even during the uncertainty of increased tariff expenses. IRMA is showcasing some of the many retailers who continue to make Illinois work.
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IPA: SB40 With Energy Storage Will Slash Sky-High Electric Bills
Tuesday, Aug 19, 2025 - Posted by Advertising Department [The following is a paid advertisement.] Consumers across Illinois are seeing massive increases in their bills because of inadequate energy supplies and rising demand. And yet a tool that numerous studies have shown could have averted some of these increases now and in the future, battery energy storage, waits for legislative action. Last session, without evidence, opponents claimed adding energy storage in Illinois would spike ratepayer bills. But no fewer than a half dozen studies in Illinois and across the country from groups like the Illinois Power Agency, Clean Grid Alliance and NRDC have shown that storage saves billions for ratepayers. The Facts:
- ComEd customers would save “from $1.52/month to $2.32/month by 2030 and $7.89/month to $8.52/month by 2035.” The facts don’t lie – consumers are seeing the cost of doing nothing in their spiking electric bills NOW. Adding energy storage to Illinois’s electric grid will save consumers billions. That’s why CUB is asking lawmakers to pass SB40 as the best way “to contain costs for electric customers while managing unprecedented energy demand.” Illinois must follow the facts and enact SB40 this fall to deploy 6 gigawatts of energy storage by 2035. Click here for more information.
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The Illinois Trial Lawyers Association: Protecting Working People & Fighting Trump’s Predatory MAGA Agenda
Tuesday, Aug 19, 2025 - Posted by Advertising Department [The following is a paid advertisement.] Don’t be fooled by the same front groups, associations and companies that are backing Trump’s predatory MAGA agenda of raising prices, slashing Medicaid, and gutting the Environmental Protection Agency, Food & Drug Administration, and Occupational Safety and Health Administration. They want Illinois to turn its back on people who have been harmed by the negligence and malfeasance of big corporations, and wrongly believe our state can’t be pro-worker and pro-business. The Illinois Trial Lawyers Association is proud to stand with state elected officials who are aggressively fighting Trumpian policies and those who support them. While the federal government and other states abandon their responsibilities to protect Americans from preventable harms, Illinois is a beacon in the nation’s dark night, showing what responsible government looks like. Our state balances the needs of business with workers’ rights and consumer protections to create opportunities for everyone to thrive, not just the wealthy and well-connected. Trial lawyers will always fight for working people and the most vulnerable, helping them to receive justice and holding corporate wrongdoers accountable. For more information about the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, click here.
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