Press Release Early voting: What to know about the ‘fair tax’ ballot language Illinois Policy Institute experts are available to discuss how to make an informed decision on the progressive tax amendment 09/22/2020
Press Release Illinoisans 51% more likely to be laid off, 21% less likely to be hired than average U.S. worker Illinois is among the worst in the nation for job separations and hiring 09/17/2020
Press Release Economic downturn similar to COVID-19 could trigger Illinois pension system collapse, raise taxes 21% All Illinoisans would see their income taxes rise by 21% under Gov. Pritzker’s rate structure just to pay off the state’s pension debt 09/08/2020
Press Release Illinois pension debt has grown 753% under Madigan’s leadership Illinois’ worst-in-the-nation credit rating comes from decades of corruption and $140 billion in pension debt 08/27/2020
Press Release Improving unemployment rate excludes 238,000 Illinoisans who quit workforce Illinois’ unemployment rate would be 15.1% if labor force dropouts were counted 08/20/2020
Press Release Illinois could have saved 31,795 jobs during COVID-19 downturn with work share program Illinois is the largest state without a short-time compensation program 08/13/2020
Press Release Illinois’ economy shrank by $86 billion from April through June, according to new estimate Illinois lost an estimated $940 million per day in the second quarter of 2020 amid the COVID-19 crisis and associated lockdowns 08/06/2020
Press Release Illinois risks losing 94,200 hospitality jobs regained since April amid stricter COVID-19 restrictions Illinois’ leisure and hospitality sector remains down 223,200 jobs since February 07/23/2020
Press Release How to prevent another Madigan Illinois House Rules are the secret to Madigan’s power 07/21/2020
Press Release Illinois slowest in the Midwest to get workers unemployed by COVID-19 crisis back to work Initial unemployment claims in Illinois remain virtually unchanged since mid-April 07/16/2020
