Nick Walker | Irvine Weekly
| June 24, 2019
It’s no surprise to anyone here that Irvine is not only a fantastic place to live, but a fantastic place to work.
Bill Reveille | Illinois Policy Institute
| June 21, 2019
New Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot gets no honeymoon. Instead, she inherits daunting fiscal challenges without easy solutions.
Jason O'Day | Illinois Patch
| June 20, 2019
As of fiscal year 2017 the state of Illinois had $134.3 billion in unfunded pension benefits, up from $62.4 billion in 2009.
Cole Lauterbach | The Neighbor (Illinois)
| June 19, 2019
Senate Minority Leader Bill Brady said the new state budget was "as balanced as any budget" Illinois has adopted in decades, even though he voted against it.
Glenn Minnis | Prairie State Wire (Illinois)
| June 19, 2019
TIA founder Sheila Weinberg views the new $40 billion state spending plan that Gov. J.B. Pritzker has touted as a “real balanced budget” in the same light as all the previous budgets that have long kept Illinois in the red.
Cole Lauterbach | Daily Journal (Illinois)
| June 18, 2019
Illinois is the only state in America that has yet to release its official report from fiscal year 2018 and state officials don’t yet know when it will be released.
Bethany Blankley | The Hayride (Louisiana)
| June 17, 2019
The budget “addresses the most pressing challenges faced by our state,” Abbott said in a prepared statement.
Jim Dey | The News-Gazette (Illinois)
| June 17, 2019
New Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has been crowing about his accomplishments during the recent legislative session, perhaps none more than his Svengali-like accomplishment passing what he calls a "balanced budget."
Cole Lauterbach | Daily Journal (Illinois)
| June 14, 2019
Illinois is the only state in America that has yet to release its official report from fiscal year 2018 and state officials don’t yet know when it will be released.
Michael Carroll | Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)
| June 14, 2019
Truth in Accounting (TIA), a Chicago-based nonprofit that examines government finances, gave Texas a financial grade of “D” last fall in a national study.
Sheila Weinberg | Chicago Tribune
| June 13, 2019
When Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a $40 billion spending bill into law June 5 it was supposed to usher in a new era of good government and transparency in Illinois history.
Cole Lauterbach | The Center Square
| June 12, 2019
Illinois lawmakers have said the state budget they passed and Gov. J.B. Pritzker enacted was balanced and properly contributes to public pension accounts, but an accounting watchdog said that’s misleading.
Illinois Channel TV
| June 11, 2019
TIA's Founder and CEO, Sheila Weinberg, sat down for an interview. She explained that despite misleading claims, the state budget is not balanced.