*** UPDATED x1 *** Democrats in Illinois delegation press for answers from Census Bureau
Wednesday, May 25, 2022 - Posted by Rich Miller * Press release…
No Republicans? Anyway, the letter is here. *** UPDATE *** I asked Sen. Durbin’s spokesperson if the Republican members were asked to join the letter…
Oh, for crying out loud.
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Protected: *** UPDATED x1 *** SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition
Wednesday, May 25, 2022 - Posted by Rich Miller
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*** UPDATED x1 *** Irvin campaign walks back, clarifies debate remarks on eliminating gasoline sales tax
Wednesday, May 25, 2022 - Posted by Rich Miller * Last night, Richard Irvin said he would get rid of the sales tax on gasoline… * Transcript…
OK, the problem with this idea is that the state sales tax revenues on fuel are being transitioned over time to the Road Fund. In the coming fiscal year, that amounts to about $230 million, according to the governor’s office. That number gets higher every year until all of the state revenues from the sales tax on fuel are sent to the Road Fund. So, if you “get rid” of the non-road portion of sales tax revenues, you’d have to increase the sales tax on fuel every year to make sure the Road Fund got all the money coming to it. Also, a portion will still go to local governments even with this planned revenue switch, so what do you do about them? * I reached out to Operating Engineers Local 150, which has endorsed Irvin in the primary and has been a stalwart defender of Road Fund revenues…
* The Irvin campaign explained today that what the candidate actually meant to say was that he supported a bill sponsored earlier this year by his running mate…
Local governments might not like that idea, unless they’re made whole. And that’ll cost money. And, it likely has the effect of cutting money that is supposed to go to the Road Fund. *** UPDATE *** From Local 150…
So, the walk-back and clarification just led to more problems with Local 150. Notice, however, there’s no mention of Irvin in that statement. * Related…
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