The Idaho Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality of school choice tax credits. Yet Illinois continues to lag the nation with no form of school choice.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s $56 billion budget proposal for 2027 relies in more than $700 million in new revenue.
Illinois job openings are down by more than 100,000 since September.
Illinois lawmakers diverted at least $74 million in one-time pandemic relief funds to select social programs and nonprofits.
Spending proposal features $1 billion in updated revenue assumptions, $589 million in tax and fee hikes and $139 million in fund sweeps.
Higher tax revenue paints a better picture for Illinois’ budget, but increases have been driven by strong national economy, rather than local policy.
Just 13.1% of workers in Illinois were union members in 2025. Thousands of government workers have rejected union membership.
Amazon laid off 1,545 Illinois employees. That was most of 2,000 total layoffs across the state in January.
Illinois’ broken budgeting process allows legislators to hand taxpayer money to podcasting and production studios.
Illinois must cut its error rate nearly in half to avoid penalties.
Roughly half of Illinois residents say they would leave the state if they could. That warning should be a wake-up call to state and local leaders.