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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...

Illinois’ mass exodus: New IRS data shows the state lost 1 resident and $50,000 in taxable income every 6.5 minutes in 2013

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