2018: Doomsday for Illinois Pensions?
2018: Doomsday for Illinois Pensions?
A study finds that the Illinois pension system will be out of money by 2018.
Minimum Wage Hurts More Than It Helps
Minimum Wage Hurts More Than It Helps
Illinois continues to impose a high minimum wage rate, putting itself at another disadvantage and giving businesses and entrepreneurs one more reason to leave Illinois and set up shop elsewhere.
Upward Mobility Program – Funding a Union Perk at Taxpayer Expense
Upward Mobility Program – Funding a Union Perk at Taxpayer Expense
Illinois taxpayers often struggle to fund higher education costs for their own families; they should not be funding higher education for state employees as well. The Upward Mobility Program should be eliminated.
Jumping on the Moving Truck
Jumping on the Moving Truck
An interactive migration map from Forbes helps us understand Illinois's population migration.
$300K Given for Reenactment of Lincoln-Douglas Debate
$300K Given for Reenactment of Lincoln-Douglas Debate
Our transparency website, IllinoisOpenGov.org, shows the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) gave $300,000 in grants for costs associated with the sesquicentennial of the Lincoln-Douglas debates.
Teacher Bailout: Do the Ends Justify a Lie?
Teacher Bailout: Do the Ends Justify a Lie?
It's expensive preventing trumped up mass layoffs.
Letter to the Editor: Pension Borrowing Is a Terrible Choice
Letter to the Editor: Pension Borrowing Is a Terrible Choice
The lack of leadership from elected officials in our state reared its ugly head again this week. Illinois will likely be stuck with another unbalanced budget, thanks in large part to two retiring Republican legislators.
Chicago Teachers Union Votes to Move Left
Chicago Teachers Union Votes to Move Left
New leadership vows to battle testing, charter schools, and the district's budget balancing plan.
More Government “Waste” in Cook County
More Government “Waste” in Cook County
In recent weeks there has been a lot of bad news surfacing for taxpayers when it comes to the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago.
Uh, oh…
Uh, oh…
Bad news for Social Security.
Are Illinois State Legislators Overpaid?
Are Illinois State Legislators Overpaid?
Illinois Legislators have the fifth highest salary in the nation.
GED = Dropout
GED = Dropout
New research: the GED has no resume value, but its misnomer as an "equivalent" credential might induce teenagers to needlessly leave high school.
$100k Used to Help Celebrate Canadian 4th of July
$100k Used to Help Celebrate Canadian 4th of July
The Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) gave a $100,000 grant to help "with the costs associated with hosting the Canadian 4th of July Celebration."
New Study: High Employment Protections? Then Forget College
New Study: High Employment Protections? Then Forget College
A new paper at the American Enterprise Institute finds that high employment benefits appear to deflate interest in higher education.