Illinois's budget is broke, but the Medicaid expansion in ObamaCare would makes things much, much worse. New estimates on just how bad things would be are now available.
How will health care legislation affect your health savings account (HSA) or high deductible health plan (HDHP)?
The Illinois Policy Institute monitored how well Chicago responded to the recent snowstorm. Find out more here!
Businesses are reluctant to employ people when they fear higher taxes.
Snow hit Chicago January 7, how well did the city respond?
The Department of Employment Security spent over $3,000 on chair cushions over the last two years.
Politicians, like anyone else, like to hear what they want to hear. Whether they like it or not, they need to hear from you.
The Department of Employment Security spent more than $650,000 to one vendor in 2009 with over $450,000 in payments for paper.
More people left Illinois last year than any other state except Michigan, according to a new study by United Van Lines.
As the national health care debate moves behind closed doors, CSPAN tries to let the sunshine in...and Obama's campaign promises come back to haunt him.
If we can't an across-the-board tax cut, let's pile up the tax breaks.
The Boston Globe's Jeff Jacoby explores the problems with Medicare--and why we should imitate Mayo instead.
Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) cited estimates that the federal stimulus would save/create 148,000 Illinois jobs. That's hardly been the case, as it turns out.
Promises of televised health care negotiations...