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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...
by Mary C. Tillotson It’s no secret that Chicago Public Schools are in bad shape. About half the students in the city’s lowest-performing high schools can’t do math beyond basic addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. That’s a sign the same old thing won’t work, said Josh Dwyer, director of education reform for the Illinois Policy Institute....
The early findings of an ongoing review of the Illinois Medicaid program revealed that half the people enrolled weren’t even eligible. The state insisted it’s not that bad but Medicaid is on the federal government’s own list of programs at high risk of waste and abuse. Now, a review of the Illinois Medicaid program confirms...
Charles Thomas reports: A suburban company is relocating its headquarters to Chicago. It’s an economic shot in the arm for the city, but what does it mean for the overall state economy? The fact that Gogo Corporation is moving to Chicago from the northwest suburbs will not make any difference in the state or region’s...
Illinois Policy Institute CEO John Tillman to speak Wednesday morning at event hosted by Union League Club of Chicago and Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce Illinois has the worst-funded pension system in the nation, the second highest unemployment rate of any state and, despite record revenues, billions of dollars in unpaid bills. How did Illinois get here? Decades of...
Have you ever hiked up a steep hill or mountain? Sometimes the climb goes well; other times there are setbacks, and you have to start again. The pride in reaching your goal provides tremendous satisfaction, and the joy fuels the willingness to continue on the journey. But imagine instead how would you feel if, just...