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Our Vice President of Policy, Ted Dabrowski, joined WLS-AM with Stephanie Trussell to Chicago’s pension crisis and the recent bond downgrade of the city.
SPRINGFIELD (May 15, 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...
SPRINGFIELD (May 14, 2015) – Today, the Illinois House of Representatives will vote on whether Illinois should adopt Right-to-Work laws that would enable workers to choose whether to join or pay dues to a union. Economic and legal experts from the Illinois Policy Institute are available to discuss how Right-to-Work laws can jump-start Illinois’ economy...
This article was posted on Madison County Record on May 13, 2015. As president of the Jacksonville Regional Economic Development Corp., Terry Denison visits regularly with major companies like Nestle USA that have expanded their operations into Illinois. During his visits, Denison hears how concerned those companies are over the high workers’ compensation costs in...
SPRINGFIELD (May 13, 2015) – On Tuesday, Judge John M. Madonia of the Sangamon County Circuit Court dismissed a lawsuit challenging excessive tax credits to certain businesses in Illinois. The Liberty Justice Center, which filed the lawsuit on behalf of Illinois taxpayers, plans to appeal the decision to the Illinois Fourth District Court of Appeals. Like...
Pensions and legal experts available for comment in Chicago and Springfield
Our Director of Pension Reform, Ben VanMetre, joined WGN to discuss CTU’s complaint over ending the practice of teacher-pension pickups.
CHICAGO (May 6, 2015) – Public school teachers in the city are supposed to save 9 percent of each paycheck in their own retirement account. But for 34 years taxpayers have picked up most of the tab, thanks to a perk in the contract with the Chicago Teachers Union. In the latest round of contract...