SPRINGFIELD – The new leader of the Illinois Federation of Teachers says state lawmakers should consider raising taxes on wealthy individuals and corporations that have received federal tax breaks under the Trump administration to increase state spending on education and other public services.

“We believe that we should be taxing billionaires so they can pay their fair share,” Stacy Davis Gates said in an interview with Capitol News Illinois. “We believe that wealthy corporations that are receiving a benefit from the Trump administration should see that benefit manifest and put in a little more in Illinois.”

Davis Gates, who has served as president of the Chicago Teachers Union since 2022, was elected president of CTU’s parent organization, the Illinois Federation of Teachers, last weeke

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