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Illinois Policy Institute Vice President of Policy Ted Dabrowski joined Gerri Willis on Fox Business to discuss the municipal bond market.
by Daniel Kelley Former New Athens Mayor Gary Kearns had a conflict of interest in supporting a tax incentive for property he partially owned and sold to a developer for $150,000, according to a village trustee and nonprofit litigation group. Kearns denies there was any conflict of interest. Kearns was mayor of the village of...
More pension fun from Tuesday morning’s show, this time with John Tillman, CEO of Illinois Policy Institute. We asked him about many of the details of the proposed pension deal, including the fake defined contribution option that’s inside: It’s a fake 401k plan to seduce Republican votes in the legislature. [There’s a] provision that says they can claw all...
Illinois Policy Institute Vice President of Policy Ted Dabrowski joined Mary Kissel on WSJ Live to discuss Illinois’ lackluster pension reform.
Illinois Policy Institute CEO John Tillman issued the following statement regarding the pension bill approved by the state legislature today: “Today the Illinois legislature sent a pension bill to Gov. Pat Quinn. It is important to be clear about what this bill is and is not. Let’s start with what this bill is not. This...
Illinois lawmakers return to Springfield this week to vote on pension reform. Carol Marin and her guests discuss the deal, and what it would mean for employees. Joining Carol are Laurence Msall, president of The Civic Federation, John Tillman, CEO of the Illinois Policy Institute, Dan Montgomery, president and chief operating officer for Illinois Federation of Teachers, and Ralph Martire, executive...
Illinois Policy Institute CEO John Tillman and AFSCME spokesman Anders Lindall joined Fox Chicago to discuss Illinois’ pension deal.
John Tillman, CEO of the Illinois Policy Institute joined John Kass and Lauren Cohn to discuss the potential pension deal.