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Illinoisans are frustrated by the budget stalemate
Our Vice President of Policy, Michael Lucci, joined WTAD-AM in Quincy to discuss the new jobs report and manufacturing collapse in Illinois.
Today’s job report showed Illinois again failing to create the jobs and economic growth the state is desperate for.
CHICAGO (Oct. 16, 2015) – The Illinois Department of Employment Security, a state agency that tracks labor force statistics, is expected to release preliminary unemployment and economic performance figures later today. IDES will release the state’s unemployment rate and jobs creation by industry, but today’s data set will offer only a cursory overview of how...
Illinois outmigration sets a new record: IRS reports that in 2013, Illinois lost more than 81,000 taxpayers to other states – and they took with them $4.1 billion in taxable income
CHICAGO (October 8, 2015) – Some Chicago taxi drivers went on strike today to protest Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s proposal to allow drivers from ride-sharing services such as Uber and Lyft to pick up passengers at the city’s airports. Experts from the Illinois Policy Institute and Liberty Justice Center are available to comment on the strike...
Our Vice President of Policy, Michael Lucci, joined WROK-AM 1440. Recently on Chicago Tonight, Illinois Senate President John Cullerton pushed back on Governor Rauner’s requests for reforms to go along with new revenue in the budget by saying: “His view of how bad off the state is is a view that I don’t agree with....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i193S_PYVnM&feature=youtu.be Our Managing Editor, Hilary Gowins Yelvington, joined Fox 32 Chicago to discuss the legalization of street vending in Chicago.