Illinois Policy Institute

	Food Carts Get Backing of Chicago Alderman 7/30/2010
	Word of Caution About FOIA 7/29/2010
	Spotlight on Spending #9: The State Un-Fair 7/29/2010
	PRESS RELEASE: Quinn's Latest Tax Increase Pledge Is Bad Medicine for Illinois, Institute Says 7/29/2010
	Institute in the Daily Herald: Think Tank's Audit Finds Suburban Government Websites Lacking 7/29/2010
	Ayes for Fiscal Note Reform 7/29/2010
	Daily Must-Reads 7/29/2010
	Governor Christie to Other Politicians: Get a Spine! 7/28/2010
	Celebrating Milton Friedman: The Awesome Power of Free Enterprise 7/28/2010
	Institute in the Examiner: The Most Important Illinoisan of the 20th Century 7/28/2010

	Food Carts Get Backing of Chicago Alderman Ald. Waguespack introduced an ordinance on Wednesday that would allow mobile food trucks to prepare food on-site. Read more...

	Word of Caution About FOIA The News-Gazette sounded a warning today with regards to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), reacting to the efforts to weaken FOIA some have already attempted. Read more...

	Ayes for Fiscal Note Reform Leading lawmakers from both parties, including Governor Pat Quinn, step forward to support the Institute's recent work on fiscal transparency. Read more...

	Daily Must-Reads The news you need to know for July 29th Read more...

	Governor Christie to Other Politicians: Get a Spine! Governor Christie takes on critics and calls the 35,000 teachers union rally a me-first rally. Read more...

	Celebrating Milton Friedman: The Awesome Power of Free Enterprise Timeless argument that demonstrates the power of Friedman's ideas when statists argue that free enterprise has failed. Read more...

	Cook County Eats $175K Cook County paid out $175K in contracts before learning whether or not they would receive federal grants to reimburse the costs. Read more...

	New Searchable Database for Cook County Lobbyists Cook County will now provide a searchable online database regarding lobbyists' activities, according to the Daily Herald. Read more...

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The Pension Funding and Fairness Act: An update to our proposal that could solve the pension crisis in Illinois.

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Some of the most ridiculous spending going on in Illinois this year.

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