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New poll shows strong opposition to income-tax increase, strong support for Right-to-Work law

SPRINGFIELD (Feb. 17, 2015) – Illinois residents strongly support keeping the state income tax at 3.75 percent and support a Right-to-Work law, according to a pollcommissioned by the nonpartisan Illinois Policy Institute. The poll found that less than one quarter of Illinoisans are open to increasing the state’s income–tax rate to 4.25 percent, up from...

Fair share

Our Vice President of Policy, Ted Dabrowsk, joined Stephanie Trussell on WLS-AM to discuss Gov. Rauner’s executive order on fair-share union dues and the release of our latest labor book, Anatomy of Influence. Listen here.

New poll shows strong opposition to income-tax increase, strong support for Right-to-Work law

SPRINGFIELD (Feb. 17, 2015) – Illinois residents strongly support keeping the state income tax at 3.75 percent and support a Right-to-Work law, according to a poll commissioned by the nonpartisan Illinois Policy Institute. The poll found that less than one quarter of Illinoisans are open to increasing the state’s income-tax rate to 4.25 percent, up...

Illinoisans staunchly oppose income tax increase according to new poll commissioned by Illinois Policy Institute

 Download the results here. 

More than 85 percent of General Assembly members get union money

David Giuliani, our Government Reform Analyst, joined Greg Bishop on “Bishop on Air” to disucss his latest investigation on which politicians get union money and how else unions spend their member’s dues. Listen here. 

IL Policy Institute releases book detailing how government unions spend dues money, and which politicians get the most union campaign contributions

CHICAGO (Feb. 10, 2015) – On the heels of Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner’s executive order halting “fair share” union dues for state employees, the Illinois Policy Institute has released a new book detailing how government unions have abused the power they have to automatically collect money from government workers in Illinois. In state government, nearly half...

BREAKING NEWS: Gov. Rauner issues executive order halting collection of “fair share” union dues for employees of state government

CHICAGO (Feb. 9, 2015) – Today, Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner issued an executive order to stop collecting “fair share” union dues from people who work for state government but who have opted out of being a union member. Illinois does not have Right-to-Work law. Because of this, most government workers must pay money to a...

Understanding the State of the State

Vice President of Policy, Ted Dabrowski, joined “The Morning Meeting” with Sean Secrease and Quaid on WTAD in Quincy to discuss Gov. Rauner’s State of the State address. Listen here!