Limiting how much units of government can raise taxes could provide much-needed relief for overtaxed Illinoisans.
Illinois residents have the highest property tax rate in the nation. Over the past 50 years, property taxes in Illinois have grown 2.5 times...
August IDES report shows 22,000 people dropped out of the workforce, and 4,400 manufacturing jobs were lost.
The Illinois workforce shrank by 22,000 people in August, according to a new report by the Illinois Department of Employment Security, or IDES....
IVES: WHAT DOES $400 MILLION BUY IN ILLINOIS?
By State Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) - Illinois Review 9/14/2016
Anyone paying attention in Illinois knows government operations are being held together with promissory notes, shoe laces and chewing gum. Most also probably...
More government workers are taking home massive yearly pension payments as Chicagoans are battered by tax hikes.
As Chicagoans face a hefty hike in their water and sewer bills to pay for city-worker pensions, the number of retired workers receiving...
FOOD FIGHT IN CHICAGO
September 6, 2016
Dan Proft and Austin Berg talk AFSCME, Rahm's "crack down" on food trucks and the mass exodus out of Chicago.
Podcast: https://www.illinoispolicy.org/radio/food-fight-in-chicago/
Dan Proft and Austin Berg break down what comes next in the state’s partial impasse...
More government workers are taking home massive yearly pension payments as Chicagoans are battered by tax hikes.
9/2/2016 Illinois Policy
As Chicagoans face a hefty hike in their water and sewer bills to pay for city-worker pensions, the number of retired...
In a 4-3 ruling, the Illinois Supreme Court erased from November ballots a referendum on legislative mapmaking, and handed a major victory to Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan Aug. 25.
In its ruling, the Illinois Supreme Court affirmed the July 20 decision from Cook...
August 24, 2016 Illinois Policy Institute
The Land of Lincoln’s job-killing policies are hurting minority communities increasingly hard, while black unemployment in pro-growth states remains significantly lower.
Illinois has the highest black unemployment rate in the country at 15 percent, according...
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Lauren FitzPatrick Chicago Sun Times 8/24/2016
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One of the top good government groups in the city said Tuesday it couldn’t endorse Chicago Public Schools “overly optimistic” budget, while a key advocacy group for the disabled blasted the CPS budget for...
Why the Republican Neo-Conservatives Really Support Hillary
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Blog/2016 U.S. Presidential Election
Posted Aug 15, 2016 by Martin Armstrong
QUESTION: Marty; It is clear that the Republican elite support Hillary over Trump and of course the press with every story is...
