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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...
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.
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...
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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.
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...
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...
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!