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Illinois lawmakers expected to vote on budget bill

Illinois Policy Institute experts available for interviews.

As Illinois’ budget impasse approaches its third year, Illinois Policy Institute analysis looks at the root of the state’s fiscal crisis

Decades of unbalanced budgets, tax increases and structural spending problems – not the impasse – led to the fiscal crisis.

Illinois State Board of Elections declines to rule that Mautino committee violated Illinois election law

MEDIA CONTACT: Melanie Krakauer (312) 607-4977 CHICAGO (June 20, 2017) – Today, the Illinois State Board of Elections split 4-4 on whether to find that the Committee for Frank J. Mautino made illegal campaign expenditures. In May, the Illinois State Board of Elections ruled that the former campaign committee of Illinois Auditor General Frank Mautino willfully violated...

Illinois Policy responds to Rauner address: Another tax increase won’t fix Illinois

Media Contact: Diana Rickert or Melanie Krakauer 312-607-4977 Video message from CEO John Tillman CHICAGO (June 20, 2017) – Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner has called lawmakers back to Springfield this week. In a speech delivered tonight, Rauner expressed support for a budget proposal that raises taxes by more than $5 billion and fails to materially...

Liberty Justice Center and Goldwater Institute ask court to allow claims against Chicago’s anti-home-sharing ordinance to proceed

MEDIA CONTACT: Melanie Krakauer, mkrakauer@libertyjusticecenter.org or (312) 607-4977 Today, the Liberty Justice Center and Goldwater Institute will return to court on behalf of Chicagoans who share their homes through online platforms, such as Airbnb. The Liberty Justice Center and Goldwater Institute filed a lawsuit, Mendez v. City of Chicago, in 2016, following Chicago’s enactment of...

The Fiscal Times asks: “Could Illinois be the first state to go bankrupt?”

The suggestion is not far-fetched, says financial watchdog Illinois Policy Institute.

Illinois state employee asks U.S. Supreme Court to hear First Amendment challenge to mandatory union fees

Janus v. AFSCME could free all government workers in the U.S. from being forced to pay union fees as a condition of employment

Liberty Justice Center prepared to sue to stop Illinois’ unlawful tax increase

New tax provisions in Senate Bill 9 violate the Illinois Constitution.