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Poll: Despite the pain of a two-year budget impasse, less than one-third of Illinoisans support raising taxes

Illinoisans feel the strain of the state’s two-year budget impasse, but they are emphatic that tax hikes should not be part of any budget deal.

Illinois Senate passes $5.4 billion tax increase

Illinois Policy: House, governor should block this tax increase.

Brain drain: Young adults are leaving Illinois faster than any other age group

Illinois has lost more millennials than almost any other state in the nation in recent years. Young adults and college students are fleeing to states with better job opportunities and a more affordable cost of living.

Illinois Policy to lawmakers: Back Sen. Righter’s pension bill

State lawmakers have two weeks until the spring legislative session ends. By passing Senate Bill 1012, they can begin to fix the state’s broken pension system.

Book launch event May 16: How to fix the Illinois Constitution

Legal experts will host a panel discussion on Tuesday, May 16 at the University of Chicago Law School

Analysis: Illinois lawmakers rarely know how much bills cost before voting for them

CHICAGO (April 25, 2017) – A new analysis by the nonpartisan Illinois Policy Institute finds that Illinois lawmakers have been “shopping without looking at the price tag” by voting for bills without knowing how much they will cost. The 99th General Assembly was in session from January 2015 to January 2017. The Institute’s analysis found...

Use TIF funds to close CPS budget gap and keep schools open, then eliminate TIFs altogether

Chris Lentino, specialist on Chicago issues, says, “The city is crying poor, but is sitting on over $1 billion in TIF money that could be used to cover pension costs, keep schools open.”

Not much for Illinois taxpayers to celebrate on Tax Day

Illinoisans already pay some of the nation’s steepest tax bills, yet lawmakers continually talk about raising taxes even higher.