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Illinois Policy Institute CEO John Tillman joins Mary Kissel on WSJ Live to discuss pension reform in Illinois.
Illinois Policy Institute Director of Health Policy Naomi Lopez Bauman joined Natalie Bomke on Good Day Chicago to discuss ObamaCare enrollment numbers in Illinois.
The federal government just announced how many Illinoisans have enrolled in the federal health care program known as ObamaCare. The Illinois Policy Institute’s Director of Health Policy, Naomi Lopez-Bauman, and Vice President of Policy, Ted Dabrowski, are available to comment on these figures as well as provide updates on the law’s impact here in Illinois...
A report released today by the nonpartisan Illinois Policy Institute finds that at 6,963, Illinois has more units of local government than any other state in the nation. The state’s extremely high number of government agencies is resulting in duplication of services, high local taxes and also creating barriers to taxpayers holding their local government agencies accountable....
“Failing schools” have Chicago at the tipping point. But what does this really mean? The Illinois Policy Institute investigated the issue and found that almost half the students in the bottom 10% of Chicago’s public high schools could not do this problem: As a bowling instructor, you figure your students’ averages during tournaments. In five...
Illinois Policy Institute CEO John Tillman joined Neil Cavuto in studio at Fox Business to discuss what Chicago needs to do to avoid a potential bankruptcy.
The federal government is expected to announce this week how many Illinoisans enrolled in the federal health care program known as ObamaCare. The Illinois Policy Institute’s Director of Health Policy, Naomi Lopez-Bauman, will be available to comment on these figures as well as provide updates on the law’s impact here in Illinois and nationally. Lopez-Bauman,...
The Illinois Policy Institute’s lead pension expert, Vice President of Policy Ted Dabrowski, released the following statement today regarding the pension bill passed by the Illinois legislature for the Chicago Park District pension fund: “Today the state legislature passed a pension bill aimed at putting more money in the pension fund for employees of the...