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9/5/2010
John Tillman puts name calling aside and says that operating a state fair at a deficit is wrong.
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9/2/2010
Get on Board with the Illinois Turnaround Tour. If you think Illinois is heading in the wrong direction—and if you want to turn this state around—you're not alone. A film by Tom Buttaccio - An Illinois Policy Institute Production.
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8/21/2010
John Tillman suggests some cost cutting measures for the state and advises Governor Quinn not to resort to name calling.
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8/12/2010
The Institute observes that while legislators normally get paid $35,000, Illinois lawmakers get $67,000.
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8/11/2010
Director of outreach Brian Costin appears on Fox Chicago and explains how a $26 billion spending bill would make a tax increase more likely for Illinois citizens.
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7/23/2010
Are Illinoisans are getting their money's worth from their state politicians?
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7/23/2010
John Tillman discusses the need for private sector job creation over temporary government job creation.
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7/23/2010
Kristina Rasmussen explains that lawmakers would be empowered if they knew how much they were spending.
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7/22/2010
For a state with a spending problem, Kristina Rasmussen says one solution is to have price tags attached to every bill before it is signed it into law.
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7/21/2010
In the last installment of the Institute inspired series, John Tillman lists 4 reasons why Illinois is broke and how to balance the budget without increasing taxes.
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7/21/2010
Kristina Rasmussen puts Governor Quinn's budget cuts in perspective using Skittles.
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7/15/2010
John Tillman discusses ways for Illinois to balance its budget without raising taxes.
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7/15/2010
While other states and the private sector tighten their belts, public employee spending in Illinois continues to grow and increase wages.
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7/12/2010
Kristina Rasmussen talks about cutting expenses of the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, which would save taxpayers around $50 million.
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7/8/2010
John Tillman appears on Fox Chicago on July 6 to discuss Illinois's recent minimum wage increase and the consequences it will have for small business owners.
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7/2/2010
Governor Quinn claims to have tighten the government's belt while Kristina Rasmussen explains he merely shifted it.
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6/30/2010
The state of Illinois keeps funding pork projects in spite of crushing debt.
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6/23/2010
Illinois is on the edge of an economic abyss: low on cash, low on options and the evidence is not pretty.
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6/7/2010
State lawmakers have yet to come up with a solution for the budget crisis. Meanwhile, the Illinois Policy Institute is shedding light on the overspending that helped get us into this mess.
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6/7/2010
A new study released by the Illinois Policy Institute shows how much money you make doesn't depend on what you do for a living--it depends on who you work for.
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6/3/2010
What would it take for you to cut prison inmates' hair for a living? How about $66,000 a year?
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5/28/2010
John Tillman appears in-studio on Fox Chicago and makes the case for why Gov. Quinn should make some tough cuts over asking for more money from Illinois families.
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5/27/2010
Springfield, Ill. - Democrats in Springfield are about to pass a state budget that would be a mere band-aid on Illinois' $13 billion deficit. What does it mean for you?
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5/7/2010
As the Illinois legislature passed a temporary budget in the middle of the night, some alternative ideas went overlooked. Kristina Rasmussen appears on Fox Chicago to discuss the Institute's Budget Solutions 2011.
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5/7/2010
Director of education policy Collin Hitt gives an update on SB 2494, the bill that would give vouchers to students in Chicago's worst schools.
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5/7/2010
Executive vice president Kristina Rasmussen gives an update on the intense debate going on in the House on the state budget.
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5/5/2010
The Illinois Policy Institute held a luncheon discussion “Rich States, Poor States: How Does Illinois Rank?” Watch a video from the study's author here.
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5/4/2010
Towns, cities, and villages are lining up to get more dollars from the state to fund projects intended to bring tourists in. John Tillman appears on ABC Chicago and wonders if this is really the best policy for our state.
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4/28/2010
Collin Hitt gives at update on the status of SB 2494, the bill that would give vouchers to students in struggling schools in Chicago.
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4/28/2010
John Tillman discusses the passage of the Sunshine Act, an important bill that will allow citizens to hold government accountable.
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4/21/2010
The Illinois Policy Institute's John O'Hara was the featured guest on the Daily Show on April 20.
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4/17/2010
Executive Vice President Kristina Rasmussen discusses Pension Reform for the State of Illinois.
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4/16/2010
John Tillman appears on Fox Chicago on the evening of the Tax Day Tea Parties in Chicago.
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4/15/2010
Illinois Policy Institute CEO John Tillman's speech at the 2010 Tax Day Tea Party at Daley Plaza in Chicago.
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4/15/2010
Illinois Policy Institute Executive Vice President Kristina Rasmussen's speech at the 2010 Tax Day Tea Party at Daley Plaza in Chicago.
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4/15/2010
Illinois Policy Institute Vice President of External Relations John O'Hara's speech at the 2010 Tax Day Tea Party at Daley Plaza in Chicago.
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4/14/2010
Over the past year, millions of Americans have come off of the sidelines and involved themselves in the political process as part of the widespread tea party movement.
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3/29/2010
Collin Hitt, Director of Education Policy, discusses the latest news on SB 2494 from the State Capitol. This bill would allow children in the lowest performing schools in Chicago to attend private school with the use of a school voucher.
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3/17/2010
John O'Hara appears on Fox Chicago the morning of March 17 to discuss the Institute's Budget Solutions 2011, which calls for no tax increases, no borrowing, and for state government to make responsible cuts while still being able to provide core services.
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3/17/2010
Kristina Rasmussen is critical of state Governor Quinn's 'kick the can down the road' strategy and touts Budget Solutions 2011 as a better alternative.
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3/17/2010
ABC Chicago covers the Illinois Policy Institute's challenge to Governor Quinn that a tax increase is not necessary to balance Illinois's budget.
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3/17/2010
Institute CEO John Tillman calls into CLTV to talk about an alternative budget, which puts the people of Illinois first and forces employee unions to the negotiating table instead of taxpayers.
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3/16/2010
Yes, there are. John Tillman of the Illinois Policy Institute appears on Fox Chicago the night of March 15 giving a preview of Budget Solutions 2011, an alternate budget proposal that calls for no tax increase.
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3/10/2010
Immediately following Governor Quinn's budget address, John Tillman debated Ralph Martire of the Center for Tax and Budget Accountability on whether the 33% tax increase that Gov. Quinn called for is really necessary.
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3/10/2010
John Tillman appeared on Chicago Tonight on March 10 to respond to Governor Quinn's proposed budget.
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3/10/2010
John O'Hara of the Illinois Policy Institute gives an immediate response to Governor Quinn's budget address in which he called for a 33% income tax increase.
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3/8/2010
As the press conference unveiling the Illinois Policy Institute's 2010 Economic Reform Agenda, the Institute's CEO John Tillman explains what a tax increase would mean to the Illinois families that would have to pay it.
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2/22/2010
John O'Hara, the Institute's vice president of external relations, appears on Fox Business News and is asked about Sarah Palin's assertion that those in the Tea Party movement need to pick a political party. O'Hara doesn't see it that way.
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2/11/2010
John Tillman discusses transparency in Illinois, school vouchers, and how the state’s deficit is not really as bad as many politicians in Springfield will have you believe—it’s small enough to so
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2/9/2010
John Tillman appears on Good Morning Chicago on FOX to unveil the 2010 Illinois Piglet Book, which details some of the wasteful spending going on in Illinois
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1/28/2010
Dan Mitchell explains the negative impact that a second stimulus will have on our long term prospects for recovery.
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1/14/2010
The Institute's CEO, John Tillman, appears on Chicago Tonight on January 13 responding to the Governor's State of the State address. John was critical of the Governor taking on as much short term debt as he has but applauded the Governor for his efforts
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1/5/2010
The Institute's John Tillman appears with Chris Robling and the Chicago Tribune's Eric Zorn on Beyond the Beltway. They discuss several topics, including Obama's handling of terrorist threats, American defense, and what to do about Iran.
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12/23/2009
A Representative in Michigan is talking about a $3500 tax credit for owning a pet. The Illinois Policy Institute's CEO John Tillman appeared on CBS on December 22 to discuss the act.
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12/18/2009
Kristina Rasmussen addresses the American Legislative and Exchange Council and profiles IllinoisOpenGov.org.
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12/15/2009
The Institute's Kristina Rasmussen appears on Fox Business News discussing the $1.1 trillion dollar pork-laden spending bill that passed over the weekend, which has over 5,000 earmarks.
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12/11/2009
The Institute's Heather Wilhelm was a guest on the Dennis Miller Show to discuss her Wall Street Journal article on Ayn Rand - is there a more effective way to reach the political middle with messages about free markets?
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12/8/2009
WAND-Springfield profiles the new website sponsored by the Illinois Policy Institute: IllinoisOpenGov.org. The website gives Illinois taxpayers a tool that allows them to look at the details of state spending down to the agency, person and penny.
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12/4/2009
The University of Illinois at Chicago received a million dollar grant to study the effectiveness of 'fat taxes'.
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12/4/2009
The Illinois Policy Institute's Director of Government Reform Kate Campaigne Piercy discusses the Institute's new transparency website illinoisopengov.org with over a dozen shows on the Illinois airwaves. Hear them here.
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12/1/2009
The Illinois Policy Institute's Executive Vice President Kristina Rasmussen discusses the costs of the proposed healthcare reform bill on Illinois's taxpayers. If passed, nationalized health care would cost Illinois 169,000 jobs over ten years.
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11/24/2009
Representative Peter Roskam appeared on Fox News to discuss the the Institute's study
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11/23/2009
This is a video of John Tillman's opening remarks at a press conference on Nov. 23. The Institute presented our new study Adding Insult to Injury.
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11/12/2009
Charles Mitchell is a Program Director with the American Council of Trustees and Alumni and collaborated with the Illinois Policy Institute to put together our report Getting Less for More on higher education in Illinois.
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11/12/2009
Kristina Rasmussen, the Institute's Executive Vice President, talks about the cost of high-speed rail.
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10/30/2009
Following the release of our report "Getting Less for More" on higher education in Illinois, the Institute received television coverage from WICD in Champaign, WCCU in Champaign, WICS Springfield, and WLS Chicago.
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10/16/2009
Our CEO John Tillman appears on a panel with representatives from Truth in Accounting and Progress Illinois to discuss the Illinois budget problem and possible solutions.
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10/13/2009
Randal O'Toole is a Transportation Policy Expert and Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute. He discusses the plans for high speed rail in Illinois and what it really means for Illinoisans.
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9/30/2009
Randal O'Toole, a Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute, has been working closely with the Illinois Policy Institute on the high-speed rail issue and addresses the topic on WTAX radio with Bob Murray.
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9/30/2009
John Tillman, the Institute's CEO, appears on Chicago Tonight to discuss how Chicago has abolished the desegregation decree and suggests that a real solution to the core problem of poor education could be found within charter schools.
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9/24/2009
Charter schools–a new kind of public school–have begun to reverse this trend. A new documentary from the Illinois Policy Institute, “Charter Schools: Changing Lives,” shows how charter schools are revolutionizing public education.
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9/23/2009
John Tillman is interviewed on WJBC radio and says capping campaign contributions would hurt anyone challenging an incumbent.
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9/17/2009
Illinois Policy Institute's John Tillman is interviewed on Good Day Chicago on September 14. John discusses the
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9/11/2009
On September 9, 2009 concerned citizens
gathered along side the 3rd Street Corridor
tracks on Ash street near downtown Springfield.
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9/3/2009
What would Old Ben say if he were alive today? John Armor thinks he knows.
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8/31/2009
If you're planning a party for Labor Day, you may want to save up...or skip eating out for a while. On September 1st, Illinois taxes on beer rose 25%. And taxes on drinks like wine have skyrocketed 90%.
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8/21/2009
llinois Policy Institute's CEO John Tillman appears on Fox Chicago, discussing how the Illinois State Fair has lost millions of taxpayer dollars in recent years.
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8/14/2009
Illinois Senator Dick Durbin (D) refuses to hold health care town hall. Illinoisans respond at his Springfield district office on August 14, 2009.
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8/13/2009
You won't find it on your desk calendar, and the people behind Cost of Government Day say it's no reason to celebrate.
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8/12/2009
Institute executive vice president Kristina Rasmussen spoke on WTAX radio on August 12, 2009 to mark the date Americans begin working for themselves instead of their government.
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8/5/2009
On August 4, 2009 Illinois Policy Institute CEO John Tillman spoke to Jay Levine of CBS Chicago News on the projects being funded by federal stimulus dollars.
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8/3/2009
On August 2, 2009, Illinois Policy Institute CEO John Tillman appeared on Fox Chicago Sunday to discuss reductions in state spending and new ways to look at the state budget without having to raise taxes.
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8/3/2009
On July 27, 2009 the WTTW's Chicago Tonight program featured Illinois Policy Institute CEO John Tillman on the topic of high-speed rail, its costs and its scant benefits to Illinoisans.
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7/9/2009
On July 8, 2009 Illinois Policy Institute CEO appeared on Fox Chicago's 'Good Day Chicago' program to discuss the continuing state budget stalemate and five ideas to cut the budget and avoid a tax hike.
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6/5/2009
Illinois Policy Institute John Tillman appears on FOX News Good Day Chicago to discuss balancing the budget without increasing taxes.
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6/4/2009
On June 4, 2009 the Illinois Policy Institute John Tillman appeared on Fox News Chicago to discuss the Institute's plan to balance the state budget without a tax hike.
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5/26/2009
On May 26, 2009 Illinois Policy Institute CEO John Tillman appeared on Fox Chicago News to discuss Governor Quinn's fear tactics over the budget showdown.
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5/21/2009
On Wednesday, June 17,the Illinois Policy Institute hosted humorist P.J. O'Rourke! We enjoyed an evening of laughter with our guests and co-sponsors--the Heartland Institute, America's Future Foundation, and the Sam Adams Alliance.
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5/6/2009
On May 5, 2009 Illinois Policy Institute CEO John Tillman commented on that day's repeal of the recent Cook County sales tax increase.
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5/6/2009
Institute's CEO John Tillman interviewed on CBS about the Cook County sales tax repeal.
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5/6/2009
John Tillman is interviewed on WJBC to speak about budget reforms and a rein on spending.
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5/4/2009
John Tillman was interviewed on the WLPO Morning Update with John Spencer on April 30, 2009.
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5/4/2009
House Republican Leader Tom Cross is interviewed on WTAX AM show with Bob Murray on April 30, 2009.
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4/17/2009
What did the Tea Parties across Illinois mean for state and national politics? John Tillman, Institute CEO, was featured on Chicago Tonight to discuss the events and their impact.
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3/26/2009
John Tillman discussed the Governor's proposed tax hike on one of Chicago's top morning shows. You can listen to the full interview here.
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3/20/2009
Institute CEO debates Gov. Quinn on his proposed tax hikes on Fox News Chicago.
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3/19/2009
Governor Quinn wants to hike taxes...but what about our state's spending problem? John Tillman discussed common-sense spending cuts on Fox News Chicago.
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3/19/2009
As Roland Burris tries to fundraise for his legal expense fund, Illinois is left without adequate representation in Washington, D.C., says Institute CEO John Tillman.
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3/18/2009
Illinois has so many taxes, it's hard to keep track. CBS 2 Chicago features Institute CEO John Tillman to discuss our state's tax problem.
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3/16/2009
John Tillman, Illinois Policy Institute CEO, appeared on Fox Chicago to discuss Gov. Quinn's proposed tax hike.
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3/16/2009
House Republican Leader Tom Cross promoted his work with the Institute and its Economic Reform Agenda on the Capital Week In Review radio show. He discussed Illinois' spending problem and how we can fix it.
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3/16/2009
Institute CEO John Tillman appeared on CBS Chicago to discuss Governor Quinn's proposed income tax hike and how it would put the Illinois economy in bad shape.
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3/16/2009
Tom Cross talks about Illinois Policy Institute's Economic Reform Agenda on WGN Radio
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3/13/2009
Illinois spends $40 million per year on the Sports Facilities Board. That's one of many examples of around $700 billion in wasteful spending in 2008.
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3/12/2009
Institute CEO John Tillman speaks about the Economic Reform Agenda on the Greg and Dan Show (WMBD-AM)
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3/12/2009
Institute CEO John Tillman interviewed about the Economic Reform Agenda on the Michael Koolidge Show.
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3/12/2009
John Tillman interviewed about the Economic Reform Agenda on the Ray Hanania Radio Show (WJJG-AM 1530).
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3/11/2009
Tom Cross supports Institute's Economic Reform Agenda on Morning News Watch with Bob Murray.
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3/11/2009
House Republican Leader Tom Cross interviewed about the Institute's Economic Reform Agenda on Eight Forty-Eight Program.
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3/11/2009
Tom Cross interviewed about support of the Institute's Economic Reform Agenda on WSL-AM890.
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3/10/2009
Institute CEO speaks with Will Stephens.
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2/20/2009
When CNBC's Rick Santelli called for a 'Chicago Tea Party' on the floor of the Chicago Board of Trade on Thursday morning, the traders agreed that government policy to bailout those who made bad risks was ill-advised and should be reviewed.
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2/10/2009
Institute CEO John Tillman appeared on WBEZ's Eight Forty-Eight morning program to discuss the lack of transparency in Chicago Mayor Daley's bid for federal stimulus dollars.
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12/11/2008
Institute CEO John Tillman spoke with Milt Rosenberg about Blagogate.
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11/18/2008
On November 18, 2008 the Illinois Policy Institute hosted a forum on English Language Learner policy in Chicago.
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11/18/2008
On November 18,2009 the Illinois Policy Institute hosted a forum on English Language Learner policy in Chicago.
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11/18/2008
On November 18, 2008 the Illinois Policy Institute hosted a forum on English Language Learner policy in Chicago.
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11/18/2008
On November 18, 2008 the Illinois Policy Institute hosted a forum on English Language Learner policy in Chicago.
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11/13/2008
Institute CEO John Tillman appeared on Public Affairs with Jeff Berkowitz to discuss the 2008 election, the state of Illinois government and the future for free markets, school choice and liberty.
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7/31/2008
Charter schools are revolutionizing public education in Illinois. So why does the state of Illinois place a cap on the number of schools allowed to open? Find out more about charter schools here.
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7/10/2008
As budget battles continue to play out in Springfield, the Institute continues to speak out on behalf of Illinois taxpayers and families.
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4/16/2008
The 2008 Illinois Piglet Book exposed over $686 million in wasteful spending, and was featured in television, radio, and print news outlets throughout the state. Watch--and listen!--here.
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3/11/2008
First came the Cook County sales tax hike...now there's talk of a so-called 'tax swap' in Springfield. The Institute covered taxes on Chicago radio over the weekend. Listen in here.
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2/22/2008
The Institute hit the airwaves yesterday to talk about the governor's 'bait and switch' budget.
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1/30/2008
4 out of 5 Illinoisans would send their children to a non-public school if they had the choice, the Institute's latest poll has revealed. Listen to radio interviews from across the state here.
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1/21/2008
John Tillman, CEO of the Illinois Policy Institute, talks tax hikes and accountability with host Ray Hanania.
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12/31/2007
Listen to John Tillman, Chairman of the Illinois Policy Institute, as he discusses our groundbreaking educational poll on WBBM At Issue.
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