Press Release 43,000 Illinoisans still awaiting call back from Illinois Department of Employment Security Illinois Policy Institute releases tracker for agency call-back queue, monthly unemployment claims and a counter of how many days the IDES offices have been closed 05/12/2021
Press Release More than 28,000 Illinois mothers could return to the workforce if schools re-opened Women with children are 2 percentage points more likely to return to work in states where governments have re-opened schools 05/08/2021
Press Release Police union contracts prevent reform in Illinois’ biggest cities Union contracts override state law when it comes to carrying out officer discipline 04/22/2021
Press Release 35% of Illinois’ small businesses have closed one year into COVID-19 restrictions More small businesses have closed in Illinois than in any other Midwestern state, except Michigan 03/30/2021
Press Release Rep. Rita Mayfield’s bill to put classrooms first passes Illinois House committee House Bill 7 would prioritize classrooms, students and teachers over bureaucracy in education funding 03/24/2021
Press Release Illinois Senate Committee passes bill to help nursing shortage Sen. Feigenholtz’s Senate Bill 2068 would add Illinois to the Nurse Licensure Compact 03/24/2021
Press Release Illinois lawmakers move shell bill that could hike taxes on small businesses by $1B Senate Bill 217 could serve as a vehicle for an unpopular tax hike proposal with hundreds of thousands of Illinoisans still out of work 03/17/2021
Press Release Black Illinoisans hurt twice as much by worst year of job losses in state history Monthly jobs tracker: Over 15% of Black Illinoisans lost their jobs during the pandemic. 03/16/2021
Press Release Illinois’ pension crisis takes an invisible $1,417 per year out of every Illinoisan’s pocket Proposed federal stimulus checks will not cover a single year of the ongoing, hidden public pension cost to each Illinoisan’s bottom line 03/03/2021
Press Release Former Speaker Madigan’s pension: $70K in 2021, $151K by July 2022 Madigan will retire with a pension worth $2.9 million after contributing just $350,000 02/22/2021
