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An easy win for Chicago: Legalize food carts already

This article was written by Hilary Gowins Yelvington and featured in Crain’s Chicago Business on August 5, 2015.  Chicago leaders are wringing more revenue out of taxpayers who use cellphones, watch Netflix, own property and buy locally via increased taxes and surcharges in a desperate attempt to plug an expected billion-dollar budget deficit. But there’s...

Aug. 4: IL Policy Institute budget expert to speak in Rochelle

Event to discuss Illinois’ economy, public education system

Aug. 4: IL Policy Institute budget expert to speak in Rochelle

Event to discuss Illinois’ economy, public education system

Greece, Puerto Rico and Illinois Are Linked by Too Much Debt and Too Few Jobs

This article was written by Neal Asbury and featured in NewsMax on July 30, 2015.  Before this year, nobody would have mentioned Greece, Puerto Rico and Illinois in the same breath. At one time they had little in common. Now they are linked by failed economies. The modern Greek state, which was established in 1830...

Mitsubishi plant stopping production at its plant in Normal, IL

This article was written by Lindsey Hess and featured on Fox Illinois on July 25, 2015 A major blow was dealt to central Illinois manufacturing on Friday. Mitsubishi Motors says it plans to stop production at its plant in Normal. The company’s spokesman said Friday the Japanese automaker reviewed its global supply chain, and decided...

Incarceration perpetuates poverty cycle

This article was written by Scott Reeder, and featured in the Galesburg Register-Mail on July 23, 2015.  “Ma’am I’ve got some good news for you. Your grandson is being released from prison.” I made that phone call about 15 years ago after covering a session of the Illinois Prisoner Review Board and watching the board...

BREAKING NEWS: Cook County judge strikes down 2014 Chicago pension law

CHICAGO (July 24, 2015) – Today a Cook County judge struck down a 2014 pension law aimed at reforming two of Chicago’s ailing city retirement funds. Illinois Policy Institute CEO John Tillman released the following statement on the judge’s ruling: “After the Illinois Supreme Court’s disappointing decision striking down the state’s modest effort to bring...

Illinois’ criminal justice system and the need to reform

Our Criminal Justice Policy Analyst, Bryant Jackson-Green, joined WTAD-AM with Sean Secrease and Quaid to discuss criminal-justice reform in Illinois.

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