In February, Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn proposed an unbalanced budget that relied on hefty tax increases and $8.75 billion in borrowing – not to mention, increased overall state spending by $1.7 billion. If followed, Gov. Quinn’s budget will prompt Illinois to run recurring, annual deficits of nearly $3 billion by the year 2016. By the...
by Mark Cavers For months, the Institute and others have been warning that passing the Amazon Tax bill would force even more jobs out of our state. Government policies do not take place in a bubble, they have real life impacts. Yesterday Governor Quinn signed the Amazon Tax into law. This effectively cuts off the revenue streams for numerous Illinois based companies that...
The Problem Taxpayers deserve to know information about the governments they fund. Illinois has thousands of units of local government, but key information about most of them is not readily available to average citizens. Technology has created an unprecedented opportunity for governments of all sizes to make information publicly available at no incremental cost. While...
Part two of Governor Gary Johnsons speech at an Illinois Policy Institute Event on March 23.
The Institute's Collin Hitt was quoted in Belleville News Democrat about high-speed rail.
Part one of Governor Gary Johnsons speech at an Illinois Policy Institute Event on March 23.
John Tillman on CBS News discussing Chicagos City Colleges' spending.
Craig Mijares and Nancy Thorner are taxpayer heroes for getting information out to the public on excessive employee compensation.
While Washington debates spending cuts some deny there is even a problem.
Illinois Policy Institute CEO John Tillman presents Budget Solutions 2012.
Gary Johnson cocktail hour discussion March 23rd, Is Your Group A RepealTheTaxHike.com Coalition Partner?, Help Promote a Balanced Budget Without Tax Hikes.
Since 2009 the Illinois General Assembly has tried over and over again to pass a tobacco tax which will unfairly target small business owners and the poor.
An interesting poll by by Public Policy Polling.
Newly elected Board President Toni Preckwinkle is saying and doing the right things when it comes to solving a budget crisis.