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Lawsuit filed to halt Chicago “Netflix tax”

Liberty Justice Center files lawsuit challenging expansion of the city’s amusement tax to Internet-based streaming services.

Chicago faces largest tax increases in its modern history to make up budget shortfall

This article was written by Anthony Hennen and featured on Red Alert Politics on September 4, 2015 Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel will call for the largest tax increase in modern Chicago history, spurred by large budget shortfalls and basic service funding. In total, property-tax increases, garbage-collection fees, and various fees on tobacco, Uber, and soft...

As AFSCME seeks to take Rauner out of contract talks, state data shows how lucrative past contracts have been

Average salary for AFSCME workers increased by 22 percent since 2000

Citizens and businesses leaving Illinois

Our Vice President of Policy, Michael Lucci, joined Cities 92.9 with Ian Bayne to discuss IRS migration data.

Survey: Many workers do not know of right to forgo union membership

From Illinois Business Journal news services on September 1, 2015 Workers in nearly one-third of union households in Illinois are not aware of their right to forgo union membership, according to a survey released recently by the Illinois Policy Institute and the Nevada Policy Research Institute. The survey was released as part of National Employee...

Illinois losing people in record numbers

Our Vice President of Policy, Michael Lucci, joined Talk 101 in Decatur to discuss new IRS migration numbers, which reveal that high-income earners and prime working-age residents left Illinois in record numbers in 2011 and 2012.

The Health and Illness of Illinois

Our vice presidents of policy, Ted Dabrowski and Michael Lucci, joined Milt Rosenberg on August 19, 2015.  Something is rotten in the state of Illinois. More people are leaving than coming and, despite the many qualities of life in the Chicagoland area, people are choosing to work and live in other states where they can,...

Legalizing food carts in Chicago could create thousands of jobs, generate millions in tax revenue

Chicago City Council may vote in September on ordinance legalizing food carts; Illinois Policy Institute analysis shows why this would be a positive step for the city

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