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Event today: How Dodd-Frank harms Main Street

A discussion on how Dodd-Frank is the one of the most detrimental pieces of financial legislation in modern American history.

Chicago City Council to vote on property tax hike: Illinois Policy Institute experts available for comment

Today, the Chicago City Council will vote on Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s proposed budget

Analysis: Even before massive property tax increase, Chicagoans already pay state’s highest tax burden

Proponents of the record property tax hike like to compare Chicago’s property tax rates to neighboring suburbs, but that doesn’t tell the whole story of Chicagoans’ tax burden.

TODAY, 10:30 a.m.: Illinois Policy Institute to host press conference on proposed Chicago property-tax increase

Chicago aldermen plan to vote Wednesday on a proposal to raise city property taxes by more than $588 million annually.

Politics Tonight: Illinois biggest budget issues

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9nnpSierDw&feature=youtu.be Our Vice President of Policy, Michael Lucci, joined Politics Tonight on CLTV to discuss how Illinoisans frustration over the budget stalemate, as seen in a recent poll.

Illinois Policy Institute to host press conference 10:30 a.m. Monday, Oct. 26 on proposed Chicago property-tax increase

Chicago aldermen plan to vote Wednesday on a proposal to raise city property taxes by more than $588 million annually.

Statewide poll: General Assembly approval rating below 10%; House Speaker Mike Madigan’s approval rating below 20%

Illinoisans are frustrated by the budget stalemate

What brings manufacturing in?

Our Vice President of Policy, Michael Lucci, joined WTAD-AM in Quincy to discuss the new jobs report and manufacturing collapse in Illinois.