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Illinois Policy Institute has experts available to break down the ruling. Why was the law struck down and what does it mean? What was the “Amazon Tax” and why was it bad? MEDIA AVAILABILITY: Jacob Huebert, senior attorney at the Liberty Justice Center, is available to comment on the ruling and what it means. Ted Dabrowski,...
Will Congress beat the debt limit clock? Or is the United States facing default? Chicago Tonight panelists included Ted Dabrowski, Vice President of Policy at the Illinois Policy Institute, Richard Baehr, AmericanThinker.com co-founder and chief political correspondent, David Merriman, Professor for the University of Illinois at Chicago’s Department of Public Administration, and Michael Mezey, Political Science Professor at DePaul University.
Every day that Obamacare remains in place is like another block being taken out of a Jenga tower; we’re just one turn away from a total collapse. We already know that, thanks to the law, health care premiums are rising. Jobs are being lost. And the quality of health care itself will decline. But it’s...
For many, “voucher” is a dirty word. But, did you know that almost 150,000 Illinois students already take advantage of a voucher program? The state’s Monetary Assistance Program gives thousands of college students as much as $5,000 in grants to help them realize their dream of a college degree and pursue a career they love....
Naomi Lopez Bauman joined WGN Political Analyst Paul Lisnek on Politics Tonight to discuss Obamacare’s effect on employment in Illinois.
by Michael Volpe Part-time government employees working for Cook County, Illinois — President Obama’s home county — may soon lose their employer-funded health insurance and instead have to move onto Obamacare’s healthcare exchanges. That move would once again directly contradict President Obama’s promise that Americans who like their health plans could keep them. In a...
In recent years, neighboring states such as Wisconsin and Indiana have enacted landmark education reform. But here in Illinois, many of these reforms have yet to be implemented. On Thursday, an education policy researcher from the nonpartisan Illinois Policy Institute will discuss how Illinois can reform its government school system in a way that improves...
By Elizabeth Harrington The president’s health care law is driving down employment in his home state, according to a recent report. Employers in Illinois are cutting worker hours to avoid costly penalties from Obamacare’s employer mandate, where employees in the lowest wage sectors are the hardest hit. The Illinois Policy Institute studied the three employment sectors...