In a joint press conference today in Chicago, Gov. Pat Quinn and U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius announced the federal governments approval of a federal-state partnership ObamaCare insurance exchange in Illinois, in accordan
The American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees, or AFSCME, Council 31 sent a message to its employees last week urging them to prepare for a walkout.
Sometimes it seems Gov. Pat Quinn vacillates more than a pendulum on a grandfather clock.
Recent calculations have put the total level of states unfunded pension debt at more than $2.5 trillion.
The states largest employee union is urging its members to be prepared for the possibility of a strike.
If you owed more than $30,000 on your credit cards and were strapped for cash, would you spend $1,500 on a new home entertainment system?
Faced with the prospect of lean financial times, the West Chicago Elementary District 33 school board decided it would be prudent to reduce automatic annual pay increases and lengthen the amount of time it takes for teachers to reach the top of pay scale
Would taking economics courses help politicians make better fiscal decisions?
Illinois Policy Institute Executive Vice President, Kristina Rasmussen, joined 1440 WROK’s Riley & Scot to provide an analysis of Gov. Pat Quinn’s State of the State Address. Listen to her interview
Although Illinois law currently prohibits the ObamaCare expansion until at least 2015, SB 26 would change the law in order to expand the failed Medicaid program.
Illinois Policy Institute CEO, John Tillman, joined Carol Roth in studio at WGN Radio to provide an analysis of Gov. Pat Quinn’s State of the State address. Listen online
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel may finally do what he and other politicians should have done a long time ago: end costly health insurance benefits paid to city retirees.
In Gov. Pat Quinns State of the State address, he said, In our Illinois, small business means big business. Driving economic growth for small businesses requires doing all we can to make sure government is not in the way.
Policy agenda or campaign speech? Illinois Policy Institute CEO, John Tillman joined WTTW’s Chicago Tonight to provide an analysis of Gov. Pat Quinns State of the State Address.