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To prevent another Madigan, Illinois needs ethics reform

Illinois Policy experts are available to dissect why Illinois needs Speaker Madigan to step down and why Illinois must dismantle his power structure

Voters reject ‘fair tax’

Statement from Illinois Policy

What to know about the progressive tax vote

Illinois Policy Institute experts available for comment ahead of Election Day

Typical family to pay $244 more in state and local tax burden despite promised “fair tax” relief

Increasing property and sales taxes will likely offset proposed savings from the governor’s progressive tax amendment

Progressive tax paves way for city income taxes

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has not ruled out a local income tax to close city’s nearly $1.2 billion budget hole

Illinois saw nation’s largest spike in new initial unemployment claims

Initial unemployment claims in Illinois spiked three times higher than the national average on a percentage basis

2 million retirement-age Illinoisans face ‘fair tax’ effects

Jo Daviess, Pope, Hardin, Carroll and Henderson counties have the highest senior populations in the state

Illinois Policy Institute: Statement on progressive tax lawsuit

PRESS RELEASE from the ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE MEDIA CONTACT: Melanie Krakauer (312) 607-4977 Illinois Policy Institute: Statement on progressive tax lawsuit CHICAGO (Oct. 9, 2020) – A lawsuit challenging the misleading progressive tax ballot language, brought by the Illinois Policy Institute and Illinois retirees, continues to its next legal phase. Although a Circuit Court Judge denied an emergency...

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