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The state fiscal year ends today, but the governor and Illinois lawmakers still haven’t agreed to a new state budget.
Despite Madigan's claims, data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, or BLS, when taken in totality, offered more bad news for Illinois.
Jacob Huebert, Senior Attorney with the Liberty Justice Center, joined Bishop on Air on WMAY to discuss the debate on nonprofit donor anonymity.
Our Director of Jobs and Growth, Michael Lucci, joined Greg Bishop on News Talk 970 -WMAY to discuss Illinois’ out migration problem.
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SPRINGFIELD (May 21, 2015) – The Illinois House is scheduled to vote this afternoon on a so-called “Millionaire’s tax” proposed by Democrat House Speaker Michael Madigan. Tax and economic experts with the Illinois Policy Institute are available for interviews to discuss why raising taxes on small businesses is the wrong approach. “This tax increase is...
SPRINGFIELD (May 19, 2015) – Illinois Policy Institute and Illinois Policy Action are pleased to announce the hiring of former state Rep. Darlene Senger as external relations officer. Senger served as a state legislator from 2009 to 2015, representing the Naperville area in the Chicago suburbs. While in office, Senger championed school choice, lower taxes,...
SPRINGFIELD (May 19, 2015) – Illinois’ mounting budget crisis and dangerously overcrowded prisons have produced a state criminal justice system that is in desperate need for reform. In an attempt to fix this problem, Gov. Bruce Rauner has formed a State Commission on Criminal Justice and Sentencing Reform to begin reducing Illinois’ prison population and...