Budget Battle Update: Borrow!
Budget Battle Update: Borrow!
The Illinois House of Representatives is considering plans to borrow our way out of the state's budget mess.
County Pay Raises during Tough Economic Times Send Taxpayers Wrong Message
County Pay Raises during Tough Economic Times Send Taxpayers Wrong Message
Illinois Policy Institute Calls on Rock Island board to rectify salary increase gaffe.
Making Work Pay
Making Work Pay
Is a tax bill that is 33 percent higher than usual inconsequential?
SJR: State Can Balance Budget without Tax Hike, Borrowing
SJR: State Can Balance Budget without Tax Hike, Borrowing
Kristina Rasmussen has an op-ed featured in the State Journal-Register. She outlines the path the legislature should take to balance our state's budget.
2,300 Pages
2,300 Pages
Can you read 2,300 pages in just a few hours? There is no way Illinois state legislators are reading the entire budget before they go to vote on it.
Reasonable, Not Radical, Budget Solutions
Reasonable, Not Radical, Budget Solutions
The Illinois Policy Institute
Tax Hikes on the Table
Tax Hikes on the Table
Tobacco tax hikes come with a number of significant policy complications.
Capitol Update: The Illinois Budget
Capitol Update: The Illinois Budget
Executive vice president Kristina Rasmussen gives an update on the intense debate going on in the House on the state budget.
Letter to the Editor: User Taxes Ultimately Affect All Taxpayers
Letter to the Editor: User Taxes Ultimately Affect All Taxpayers
Kristina Rasmussen's letter is featured in the Daily Herald. She explains why something like a cigarette tax would affect all taxpayers, not just smokers.
Cartoon Blogging: There’s An App For That
Cartoon Blogging: There’s An App For That
The answer isn't always a tax hike...
Institute in the Chicago Tribune: The Legislators-Are-Chicken Premise
Institute in the Chicago Tribune: The Legislators-Are-Chicken Premise
An article from the Tribune's Dennis Byrne cites the Institute's Budget Solutions 2011 as an "boldly asserting that the budget can be balanced without any tax increase."
Institute in the Decatur Tribune: Balancing the State Budget Without a Tax Hike
Institute in the Decatur Tribune: Balancing the State Budget Without a Tax Hike
April 15th has come and gone, but Illinoisans need to be perpetually vigilant about taxes
Fiscal Follies: Why Illinois
Fiscal Follies: Why Illinois
Illinois
The Check’s in the Mail
The Check’s in the Mail
Cartoon blogging featuring Scott Stantis.