Oct 11, 2019

Under the Dome Podcast: Police & Fire pension consolidation, poll shows support for graduated income tax, Shimkus no longer supporting Trump

On this week's episode of Under the Dome, The State Journal-Register's Doug Finke and Bernard Schoenburg have a lot to discuss.

Report: Downstate police, fire pension funds should be consolidated

Financial assets of downstate and suburban police and fire pension systems should be consolidated to ease burdens on local property taxes, a state pension task force is recommending.

More Illinoisians think state is going the right way

Most people in Illinois still think the state is moving in the wrong direction, but compared with last year, twice as many think things are going the right way, according to a poll conducted by the University of Illinois Springfield Survey Research Office.

Poll shows widespread support for graduated tax

Still a year away from when voters will decide, a new poll shows there is widespread support for a graduated state income tax in Illinois.

General: Report confirms ‘challenges’ in military recruiting

The senior military officer of both the Illinois Air and Army National Guard said he was surprised, but not shocked, by a recent report that indicated that 70 percent of 17- to 24-year-olds in the state didn't qualify for military service, with about half that amount disqualified by obesity

Illinois NPR based at UIS objects to university’s harassment source rules

A National Public Radio station licensed by the University of Illinois is objecting to a requirement that its reporters tell school officials about confidential complaints of university-related sexual harassment they receive

Two McHenry County townships assert consolidation law unconstitutional

A new state law allowing voters in McHenry County to more easily dissolve their townships already appears headed for tests in court and on the ballot.

Board will make recommendation to governor on IIP case

A Chicago woman who was convicted for the murders of two gang members in 1992 has become a model prisoner, an Illinois Innocence Project attorney says.

Bernard Schoenburg: Non-traditional candidate seeks nomination in 13th

Democrat BETSY DIRKSEN LONDRIGAN is being opposed in the party's primary in March, though the candidate collecting signatures to qualify for that ballot in the 13th Congressional District is clearly not your traditional politician.

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