Texas Is to Russia As Illinois Is to ______
Texas Is to Russia As Illinois Is to ______
How do the economies and populations of U.S. states compare to other countries?
Your Taxes at Work: Sending CPS Teachers to Las Vegas
Your Taxes at Work: Sending CPS Teachers to Las Vegas
Despite the $700 million budget deficit Chicago Public Schools is facing, fourteen Chicago public school teachers went on an all-expense paid trip to a Las Vegas resort and spa for a conference last year.
Illinois Government Ready to Spend More
Illinois Government Ready to Spend More
Illinois lawmakers are proposing legislation that would create new state agencies and give out tax credits to certain groups.
Off With the Red Tape: A Business-Friendly Idea Out of Kansas
Off With the Red Tape: A Business-Friendly Idea Out of Kansas
Excess red tape hurts business. Where superfluous laws and regulations prevail, businesses and individuals lose out.
Off with the Red Tape
Off with the Red Tape
Excess red tape hurts business. Where superfluous laws and regulations prevail, businesses and individuals lose out.
The Swedish Model
The Swedish Model
What can the United States learn from Sweden?
Cutting the Home Budget to Pay for Higher Taxes
Cutting the Home Budget to Pay for Higher Taxes
Cost of tax hike equivalent to average Illinois paycheck gone.
10 Reasons to Repeal the 67 Percent Tax Hike
10 Reasons to Repeal the 67 Percent Tax Hike
Family budgets are on the line. The average Illinois household faces an increase of nearly $1,500 in its state income tax bill. A head cook and an office worker with two kids, earning a combined $80,000, will pay an additional $1,527 in state income taxes thanks to the tax hike – on top of the $2,160...
66% Tax Increase Faced by Illinois Families
66% Tax Increase Faced by Illinois Families
The projections below are based on a 66% increase to the income tax – a hike from 3 to 5 percent – with the standard $2,000 per person deduction. For more information and research on this proposed tax increase see What Governor Quinn’s Income Tax Hike Means to You. How did we calculate the figures? We...
Mixed Messages: How Governor Quinn’s Tax Hikes Will Erase President Obama’s Tax Cuts
Mixed Messages: How Governor Quinn’s Tax Hikes Will Erase President Obama’s Tax Cuts
The Problem Illinois families should be wary of plans to hike taxes at the state level that would all but wipe out the benefits of the bipartisan tax compromise between President Barack Obama and Congressional Republicans. In federal legislation that extended the Bush-era tax cuts, and also included a payroll tax cut, a four-member family...
Institute on First Business: John Tillman Discusses Pension Crises Across the U.S.
Institute on First Business: John Tillman Discusses Pension Crises Across the U.S.
Institute CEO, John Tillman, on First Business discussing the pension funding shortfalls in Illinois and across the U.S., and answering the question of whether a federal bailout for Illinois is near.
Government Is Hiring!
Government Is Hiring!
Government entities make up ____ of the top ten employers in Chicago?
Institute in Northwest Herald: End Pensions for Legislators
Institute in Northwest Herald: End Pensions for Legislators
The Illinois Policy Institute is featured in a story on the elimination of pensions for Illinois legislators.
Leaders Hope Illinois Income Tax Will Send Residents to Indiana
Leaders Hope Illinois Income Tax Will Send Residents to Indiana
Illinois Policy Institute study cited in an article on migration of Illinois residents to Indiana.