Updates : Fair Taxes & Economic Justice
Lawmakers Join Drive to Cut Wasteful Tax Expenditures
Date:
04/19/2013 
Backing legislation to eliminate wasteful tax expenditures in the FY2014 budget, more than a dozen state senators and representatives joined with Citizen Action/Illinois and other members of the Responsible Budget Coalition at an April 18 state Capitol news conference.
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Full text of SB 1159 Senate Committee Examines Corporate Tax Loopholes
Date:
04/05/2013 
From The Alton Daily News:
Senate Committee Looks at Loopholes
By Nick Gale, 4/5/13
CA/IL Co-Director Lynda DeLaforgue Joins Panel on Part-Time Workers' Struggles
Date:
03/27/2013 
From progressillinois.com:
Labor Advocates Hold Hearing To Address Part-Time Workers' Economic Struggles
by Ellyn Fortino
Tuesday March 26th, 2013
Citizen Action/Illinois and IARA Join with Federal Employees at Chicago Rally to Stop the Sequester
Date:
03/21/2013 
Citizen Action/Illinois and IARA Join with Federal Employees at Chicago Rally to Stop the Sequester
Sequester Cuts will Severely Impact Government Services to Public
Carolers urge Johnson to take a stance on fiscal cliff
Date:
12/14/2012 
From The News-Gazette:
Thu, 12/13/2012 - 5:14pm | Michael Kiser
Photo by John Dixon, The News-Gazette
Traditional holiday music had a political twist to it on Thursday at a local Congressman's office as lawmakers in Washington continue to try and reach a deal on the fiscal cliff.
Rep. Schakowsky, Local Leaders Call on Congress to End Bush Tax Cuts
Date:
12/07/2012 
Chicago, IL- Calling on Congress to end the Bush Tax Cuts for those making over $250K annually, Citizen Action/IL held a telephone conference featuring Rep. Jan Schakowsky on Saturday, December 1. During the call a small business owner, senior citizen, home health care worker, teacher and front line organization discussed the impact the fiscal cliff and tax parity will have on their families and businesses.
In Springfield, no solutions
Date:
06/04/2012 
From Community Media Workshop:
In Springfield, no solutions
by Curtis Black
June 3, 2012
Sad to say, nothing they’re doing or talking about in the General Assembly will have a significant impact on the state’s chronic budget crisis.
Not draconian Medicaid cuts, not possible pension cuts or casino expansions. The legislature is barking up the wrong trees, and doing it over and over.
Crowds Protest Paul Ryan's Budget Plan
Date:
05/31/2012 
From mysuburbanlife.com:
Rep. Paul Ryan speaks at luncheon as people protest budget proposal
By Sarah Small, ssmall@mysuburbanlife.com
Suburban Life Publications
May 27, 2012
Wisconsin gov. tells Illinois business leaders to reign in public-sector unions; Illinois working families say "Go home!"
Date:
04/18/2012 
From stltoday.com:
Wisconsin governor tells Illinois business leaders to reign in public-sector unions
BY KEVIN McDERMOTT • kmcdermott@post-dispatch.com
Wednesday, April 18, 2012 12:05 am
With No Jobs at Home, Some Americans Look Overseas
Date:
12/09/2011 From US News & World Report:
