In the days since the Illinois General Assembly raised the state income tax to help end the budget disaster, the news media has been full of analysis and reaction. The voices of those opposed to the tax increase--from politicians and pundits to CEOs and average citizens--have been heard loud and clear. Here's a simple tool to make sure that our side weighs in, too.

We know lawmakers did the right thing, the responsible thing, to raise adequate revenue. This tax increase is long overdue and critically necessary to fund ...



RBC sets leadership summit for Sept. 22 ***UPDATED!
Posted: Friday, September 10, 2010

Leaders from the fields of human services, health care, government, business and more will come together on the morning of Weds., Sept. 22, for a leadership summit entitled A Better Illinois: Getting the State Budget Back on Track.

Presented by the Responsible Budget Coalition in partnership with the Donors Forum and the Community Media Workshop, the summit will address the state budget crisis and the need to raise adequate new revenue to fix it.

The summit will include:

*Keynote speaker and prominent economist Dean Baker of the Was...

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