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Our Vice President of Policy, Ted Dabrowski, joined WTAD-AM in Quincy with Sean Secrease and Quaid to discuss Governor Bruce Rauner’s 2016 State of the the State address.
Our Vice President of Policy, Ted Dabrowski, joined Sean Secrease and Quaid on WTAD-AM in Quincy to discuss Governor Bruce Rauner’s proposal to overhaul Chicago Public School’s budget and contract negotiations.
SPRINGFIELD (Jan. 27, 2016) – Illinois Policy Institute CEO John Tillman released the following statement in response to Gov. Bruce Rauner’s State of the State address, delivered today: “Illinois is in a world of hurt. The resounding chorus from special interests and opponents of reform in Springfield is that all would be well in Illinois...
Experts are available for interviews to provide reaction to the governor’s speech.
New report on education funding shows 89 cents of every new dollar for education goes to pensions – not classrooms. CHICAGO (Jan. 25, 2016) – Today, Illinois Senate President John Cullerton proposed an overhaul to the way Illinois funds its public schools. While Cullerton and other lawmakers called for a change to the state’s complex...
CHICAGO (Jan. 25, 2015) – A federal lawsuit challenging Illinois’ campaign finance laws – which place campaign contribution caps on average citizens but not on certain politicians – will go to trial before the U.S. District Court in Chicago starting today. The trial is expected to last three days. Presiding over the case is Judge...
Today, preliminary economic performance numbers for Illinois for the month of December were released by the Illinois Department of Employment Security. These numbers show Illinois lost 16,300 jobs in December, marking the largest, single-month job loss of the year. The new employment figures also show that Illinois had fewer jobs in December 2015 than it...
Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner and Republican legislative leaders proposed a pension-reform plan based on Senate President John Cullerton’s 2013 “consideration” proposal. Although the plan proposed today does not solve the state’s pension crisis, it restarts the process of putting Illinois’ government retirement systems on a sustainable path forward.