The Problem The State of Illinois spends around $50 million per year on tourism. Revenue from the Hotel Operators’ Occupation Tax, which is 6 percent of 94 percent of gross rental receipts, funds tourism spending. Revenue from the hotel tax also goes towards the Build Illinois Fund, the Illinois Sports Facilities Fund, and the General...
What can Illinois learn from Texas?
What is the best way for government to help people in need of jobs?
Is America nearing the fiscal tipping point?
Madeleine Sackler's "The Lottery" was shown as a one day event last night around the country. The film follows four Harlem families trying to win a lottery in order to gain admission to Harlem Success Academy, a high-achieving charter school in New York.
A victory for Arizona taxpayers.
Rather than giving special benefits to a few specific tourist attractions, Illinois needs to consider new avenues for attracting tourists, such as decreasing the cost of visiting Illinois by lowering taxes.
The Chicago Teachers Union sues to stop teacher layoffs, citing fire safety.
by Mark Cavers In 2008, the state of Illinois employed 72 driver facility managers who made $3,365,732 in combined total wages. Driver facility managers are employees of the Illinois Secretary of State and responsible for the oversight of facility representatives in small and medium-sized downstate driver facility centers. The highest paid manager made $64,125 in 2008, and the average...
On Monday, the council agreed to publish on the city
The Challenge The most important policy adopted by any school or school district is its contract with its teachers. Yet new and aspiring school board members in Illinois have few accessible guides to a collective bargaining process that will determine how teachers are hired, placed, compensated, rewarded and disciplined. A New Tool for Better Policy...
Nationalized health care is sinking in popularity--but a new big-money PR initiative hopes to change all that.
Left-leaning economist Jeffrey Sachs tells MSNBC that the simulus was all for naught.
The Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) gave $10,000 to restore a gas station on the historic Route 66 highway, hoping its location will promote tourism in the area.