State Rep. Mark Batinick (R-Ill.)
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Recent News About State Rep. Mark Batinick (R-Ill.)
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Batinick prefers pension buyouts to more property taxes
Although Illinois residents already pay some of the highest property taxes in the nation, three economists at the Federal Reserve Bank in Chicago recently recommended an additional 1 percent tax on a home's value to remedy the state's climbing pension debt.
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Batinick argues state can't afford to wait any longer to address pension debt crisis
Rep. Mark Batinick (R-Plainfield) argues colleague Jeanne Ives' stand against Illinois’ growing debt crisis couldn’t have come at a more critical time.
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State agency's hiring of ex-cop with federal conviction 'a massive mistake,' Batinick said
An Illinois regulatory agency's decision to hire a former Chicago police officer with a past that included close ties to the Mickey Cobras street gang was "a massive mistake," Rep. Mark Batinick (R-Plainfield) said during a recent interview.
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Batinick says small business has been forgotten in Springfield
Rep. Mark Batinick (R-Plainfield) has come to realize certain truths about the uncertainty small business owners encounter trying to do business in the state.
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Batinick fears Harvey's pension crisis likely to spread across state
Rep. Mark Batinick (R-Plainfield) warns that the financial meltdown in Harvey is just the harbinger of things to come across the state.
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Batinick hoping voters see that Madigan's time is up
Rep. Mark Batinick (R-Plainfield) tries to stay focused on the positives he sees for Republicans after Democrats recently re-elected House Speaker Mike Madigan (D-Chicago) as state party chairman.
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Rauner, Pritzker messages lost in excessive campaign spending, Batinick says
Rep. Mark Batinick (R-Plainfield) doesn’t see how Gov. Bruce Rauner and Democratic challenger J.B. Pritzker can get a fair return on the more than $105 million they combined to invest in their recent primary victories.
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Batinick all in with Rauner's call for balanced budget
Rep. Mark Batinick (R-Plainfield) thinks Gov. Bruce Rauner’s idea for a full and balanced budget is such a good one he doesn’t understand why lawmakers are content to just stop at the basics.
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From Prairie State Wire
Lawmakers warn bill requiring pension fund hearings to be broadcast, while admirable, will be a tough sell
Sponsored by Rep. Carol Ammons (D-Champaign), HB4413 mandates retirement system or pension fund hearings be aired in real time and suggests archiving the recorded video on a website for public access.
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Pritzker's proposed tax plan would only spur out-migration, Batinick says
Rep. Mark Batinick (R-Plainfield) senses that the fear a growing number of Illinois residents are feeling is more than justified.
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Batinick says Exelon bailout bill had many problems
The controversial bailout of Exelon by Illinois taxpayers has come to the forefront again in the wake of the recent primaries and a recent article in Crain's Chicago Business about a former top Exelon executive revealing the company's lobbying power.
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To make changes in Springfield, Batinick says voters need to make informed choices
Rep. Mark Batinick (R-Plainfield) thinks the key to the state’s future lies in Tuesday's primary election.
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Batinick would rather see referendum questions confined to general elections
Rep. Mark Batinick (R-Plainfield) is worried that the vote on a number of referendum proposals on the March 20 ballots in Will County may not be totally representative of the voting population of the community.
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From Prairie State Wire
GOP House members say Democrat peers using Florida shooting for political gain
Four GOP House members made it clear the Parkland School shooting in Florida should not be why gun bills pass in Springfield.
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Batinick says GOP would have handled harassment issue differently
Rep. Mark Batinick (R-Plainfield) has spent the last few days lamenting about some of the things his legislative colleagues are accused of and that he insists he would never have allowed to happen.
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Lottery chairman's remarks not representative of GOP, Batinick says
Rep. Mark Batinick (R-Plainfield) insists he hasn’t spent a lot of time stressing over Illinois Lottery Control Board Chairman Blair Garber’s recent condemnation of the city of East St. Louis because he’s been too busy setting the record straight over what he sees as distortions regarding another state.
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Batinick seeks numbers on pension reform proposal to to sell bonds
It all came down to numbers for Rep. Mark Batinick (R-Plainfield) att Tuesday’s House Personnel & Pensions Committee hearing on a proposed pension reform measure that includes selling pension obligation bonds.
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Batinick opposes state loans for Chicago's operating expenses
As pressure mounts on the City of Chicago to address its debt crisis, some have suggested the state should help the city cover its expenses.
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Batinick, Olsen applaud effort to aid business by cutting LLC fees
As chief co-sponsor SB867, Rep. Mark Batinick (R-Plainfield) helped pass legislation that has cut small businesses' costs by hundreds of dollars.
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Illinois' loss of young people is 'a death knell,' Batinick says
Rep. Mark Batinick (R-Plainfield) warns that the greater devil in recent news that more than 86,000 people fled Illinois at an adjusted gross income cost of nearly $5 billion lies in the details of a revealing IRS study.