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.
Blizzard 2011: Snow Squad Reviews Chicago’s Side Road Clean Up
Blizzard 2011: Snow Squad Reviews Chicago’s Side Road Clean Up
The Snow Squad was Sunday afternoon capturing the conditions of side streets throughout the city. Five days after the Blizzard of 2011 we saw significant improvement in the conditions of the city's neighborhood and side streets.
The Swedish Model
The Swedish Model
What can the United States learn from Sweden?
Institute on FOX Chicago: Chicago’s Response to the Storm
Institute on FOX Chicago: Chicago’s Response to the Storm
Despite a monumental traffic debacle along Lake Shore Drive, the Illinois Policy Institute said Chicago City Hall did an exceptional job responding to the Great Blizzard of 2011.
Spanish Language Series: Hispanic Families and the American Dream
Spanish Language Series: Hispanic Families and the American Dream
In this weeks Spanish Language Series we focus on the essentials of school choice for Hispanic families.
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.
Sen. Duffy Files Institute Inspired Transparency Legislation
Sen. Duffy Files Institute Inspired Transparency Legislation
After hearing of the Local Transparency Project and the 10-Point Transparency Checklist, Sen. Dan Duffy contacted the Illinois Policy Institute to address the issue with legislation at state level.
Blizzard 2011: Updated Snow Squad Grade B
Blizzard 2011: Updated Snow Squad Grade B
The Institute's Snow Squad canvassed the city to see how well Chicago responded to the Blizzard of 2011 and gave the city a B.
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.
What Governor Quinn’s Income Tax Hike Means to You
What Governor Quinn’s Income Tax Hike Means to You
by Collin Hitt Illinois lawmakers are considering raising the state income tax. Different plans have emerged, but each would damage Illinoiss economic recovery. The plan that has been discussed the longest is one that would raise Illinoiss individual income tax from three to four percent, a 33 percent increase. More recent tax plans have emerged that...