Creating Jobs While Repairing And Rebuilding Illinois - Approve a comprehensive capital program that will reinvigorate Illinois’ economy, create 700,000 new jobs and rebuild and repair Illinois’ crumbling roads, unsafe bridges and overcrowded schools and hospitals.
Demanding Fiscal Responsibility And A True Balanced Budget - Prohibit unpaid obligations of the State from being transferred from one fiscal year to the next, thereby ensuring a true “balanced budget”.
- Require the State to establish a single, updated, searchable database website accessible to the public at no cost that includes each entity that receives Illinois funding.
- Provide ‘sunshine” to the budgeting process by requiring defined, minimum time periods a budget bill must be made available for inspection and scrutiny by legislators, the public and the media.
Enacting The Nation’s Toughest Anti-Corruption Laws - Ending the “Pay to Play” culture in Illinois by banning government officials from soliciting contributions from contractors conducting business with their office.
- Preventing elected officials and other state appointees and employees from receiving fees related to legal, banking and consulting work with state bonds.
- Increase disclosures for investment advisors and consultants with work before a State board or commission.
Delivering Real Property Tax Relief - Increasing the homestead exemption and doubling the property tax rebate for all taxpayers.
Providing Security And Safety For Victims Of Domestic Violence - Establishing a surveillance program requiring police to electronically monitor violators of orders of protection.
Creating Cyber-Safety Laws That Protect Children From Online Predators - Require owners of social networking websites, like MySpace and Facebook, to obtain parental notification and enforce age requirements of minors.
- Ban sex offender access to social networking websites.
- Require technology repairpersons to report to law enforcement any child pornography appearing on any equipment the repairperson works on.
Aiding Families In Affording A College Education - Increasing State support for higher education to reverse budget constraints and help reduce tuition rates.
- Increasing student financial aid opportunities to a broader number of qualified students to aid working families afford education expenses.
- Requiring State universities to place a greater priority on accepting qualified in-state students for admission.
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