For many Illinoisans, the next recession is already here Illinois Policy January 31st 2017
Illinois lost 11,000 manufacturing jobs in 2016.
Illinois is not working.
Since the end of the Great Recession, most members of the Illinois General Assembly have...
Illinois has hurt its economy by piling on taxes since the Great Recession From Illinois Policy April 2017
State and local tax hikes in Illinois have hurt economic growth, lowered the standard of living, and contributed to out-migration.
State and local...
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As Democratic leaders continue to stall on budget negotiations, Gov. Rauner pressed forward with his plans to turnaround Illinois, signing a major bipartisan criminal justice reform bill, extending support for laid-off Granite City steelworkers and working to revamp the...
Civic Fed proposal hits Illinois taxpayers with $51 billion in tax hikes From Illinois Policy February 2017
The Civic Federation’s budget plan repeats old mistakes with multibillion-dollar tax hikes and no serious, structural reform.
The Civic Federation, a research organization that...
From Illinois Policy April 2017
Illinois’ revenues are falling each month of this fiscal year, and it will be difficult to change course.
Illinois’ fiscal condition is in bad shape and worsening. Jim Muschinske, revenue manager for the Commission on Government Forecasting...
COD public records destruction and the public trust
One year ago, on April 13, 2015, U.S. Attorney Zachary Fardon empaneled a grand jury and subpoenaed College of DuPage records relating to spending, personnel, reimbursement, and "emails sent or received by...
NEW: TOP 25 BIGGEST ILLINOIS PENSIONS IN SURS
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Top 25 biggest Illinois pensions in SURS for 2016.
Taxpayers United of America this week released a new analysis of the State...
Illinois House passes bill to allow residents to dissolve townships
Illinois has nearly 7,000 units of local government – around 1,400 of those are townships.
On March 29, the Illinois House of Representatives voted almost unanimously in favor of allowing voters to decide on local government...
As 2015 came to an end, Illinois quickly closed in on a new all-time low for manufacturing jobs, with a net of 14,500 factory jobs lost through the first 11 months of the year, according to data from the...
