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Typical 30-year career workers in state retirement systems put just 5% toward the cost of their benefits and receive payouts significantly higher than the private sector

New IRS data reveal the state loses twice as many high earners as it attracts

Population loss driven by nearly 853,000 residents leaving Illinois since 2010

SB 1300 includes pension sweeteners without public cost estimates

Nine new taxes and fees will take $1.7 billion out of Illinois’ economy and taxpayers’ wallets in 2020.

More than 4,600 small business establishments shuttered in Illinois last year, even though they still create the vast majority of the state’s net new jobs.

Chicago’s budget can’t be balanced without a constitutional amendment to align pension costs with what taxpayers can afford

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Nov. 14, 2019) – Today, the Illinois General Assembly voted to consolidate more than 640 local police and fire pension funds. An amendment also added provisions that ramp up Tier II benefits for those hired after 2011. Senate Bill 1300 will now move to Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s desk for signature. By creating one…

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Nov. 13, 2019) – A bill to restrict public sector employee rights, expose their private information and limit their access to information heads to Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s desk today, following a 45-9 concurrence vote by the Illinois Senate. Senate Bill 1784 allows for opt-out windows of only 10 days each year, while giving unions…

Legislative veto session offers opportunity for lawmakers to pass anti-corruption measures