Press Releases

Sign up for our press list to receive statements and press releases from the institute on breaking news, original research and more.

Thank you for signing up! You’re now on our press list and will receive our latest statements, press releases, and research updates. Stay tuned for timely insights straight from the institute.

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.

BLS: Illinois lost thousands of jobs in September

Today’s job report showed Illinois again failing to create the jobs and economic growth the state is desperate for.

Economic experts avail: Preliminary unemployment numbers released today, full report Tuesday

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...

LOAD MORE