The Decatur Herald-Review is running a Sunshine Week series and kicks off the week by highlighting the Institute's 10-Point Transparency Checklist
After a decade of increasing spending, in this years budget debate responsible spenders start off with their backs to the goal line.
Institute's Collin Hitt spoke on 780's-AM WBBM about Budget Solutions 2010
The Decatur Herald and Review published wrote about the Illinois Policy Institute's "Transparency Checklist" in an editorial about Sunshine Week.
Institute CEO John Tillman spoke on 970-AM WMAY about Budget Solutions 2012, a balanced, line-by-line alternative to the budget proposed by Gov. Quinn.
Last year, a bill aimed at giving families in the worst performing Chicago schools a better opportunity failed in the Illinois House. This year, its back.
The Institute responds to an interview Quinn spokesperson Kelly Kraft gave Illinois Statehouse News.
"It's a shame we have to consider leaving our longtime home in Illinois, but we will do what is best for our business."
In a democracy it is especially important that citizens have access to information so they can actively participate in government and make good choices on Election Day.
Illinois is in a fiscal abyss, and without stringent reforms the state will continue failing. Thats why the nonpartisan Illinois Policy Institute has proposed Budget Solutions 2012"...
Why is it that collective bargaining for public employee unions inevitably leave taxpayers with the short end of the stick?
Illinois Policy Institute CEO John Tillman discussed Budget Solutions 2012 with morning hosts Don Wade & Roma on WLS 890-AM.
Illinois Statehouse News wrote a story and produced a video about the Institute's Budget Solutions 2012, which was released March 8.
The Springfield School Board did not choose the lowest bidder to install a geothermal wellfield, which cost taxpayers an additional $125,000.