Home is where the hurt is: How property taxes are crushing Illinois’ middle class
Home is where the hurt is: How property taxes are crushing Illinois’ middle class
Illinoisans’ property taxes are going up while salaries are stagnant at best.
Retirement-tax resolution
Retirement-tax resolution
Thirty-nine Illinois state representatives have signed on to a resolution stating their opposition to the imposition of a state tax on retirement income as revenue plans circulate ahead of state budget negotiations in 2016.
Jar Jar for Mayor
Jar Jar for Mayor
Growing out of control: Property taxes put increasing burden on Illinois taxpayers
Growing out of control: Property taxes put increasing burden on Illinois taxpayers
Property taxes are the single largest tax in Illinois, burdening residents far more than either income or sales taxes. Illinoisans already know they pay high property taxes. But what is not as well known is that property taxes are outpacing residents’ ability to pay for them. Over the past 50 years, whether measured in comparison...
What will it take for Chicago to elect a mayor who embraces free-market reforms?
What will it take for Chicago to elect a mayor who embraces free-market reforms?
As a majority of recently polled likely Chicago voters believe Mayor Rahm Emanuel should resign, AM 560’s Dan Proft and Pat Hughes, co-founder of the Illinois Opportunity Project, look ahead to the 2019 mayoral election and the possibilities for reform-minded candidates.
Village of Lincolnshire becomes first Illinois municipality to protect worker choice
Village of Lincolnshire becomes first Illinois municipality to protect worker choice
No worker should be forced to pay a union in order to have or hold onto a job. Workers in Lincolnshire are now the first in Illinois to be guaranteed this basic right, as the Village Board voted Dec. 14 to adopt local Right to Work.
Emperor Madigan
Emperor Madigan
Illinois Corruption Watch: November 2015
Illinois Corruption Watch: November 2015
November saw Chicago’s City Council let the term of the legislative inspector general, who is tasked with overseeing City Council, expire without hiring a replacement, as well as several other instances of breach of public trust and influence peddling around the state.
A worker’s right to choose
A worker’s right to choose
Hundreds of thousands of Illinois workers are forced to pay union dues to keep their jobs. But close by, worker freedom reigns.
Chicago police unions are fighting to destroy decades of complaint records
Chicago police unions are fighting to destroy decades of complaint records
Tens of thousands of Chicago police misconduct files could be purged due to lawsuits filed by police unions.
What’s wrong with Illinois’ economy?
What’s wrong with Illinois’ economy?
Madigan’s economic record is one of failure, and the best he can say in his defense is that trying a new path would somehow make things worse.
Illinois considers privacy law while the state violates privacy of thousands
Illinois considers privacy law while the state violates privacy of thousands
While the state moves to impose costly new requirements on private businesses in the name of privacy, the state is itself violating the privacy of thousands of Illinoisans.
Illinois jails incarcerate many people who don’t need to be there in the first place
Illinois jails incarcerate many people who don’t need to be there in the first place
Illinois jails book over 2.6 times the number of people they did in 1981, costing taxpayers money and keeping many people who have not yet been convicted of crimes behind bars.
State Rep. Cassidy reintroduces marijuana decriminalization bill
State Rep. Cassidy reintroduces marijuana decriminalization bill
Twenty states and the District of Columbia have removed the threat of jail time for simple marijuana possession.