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Moving company in Downers Grove challenges anti-business sign ordinance

CHICAGO (Dec. 9, 2014) – A sign ordinance in the village of Downers Grove is being challenged in federal court this week because it harms local businesses and violates business owners’ constitutional rights to free speech. The village is forcing Leibundguth Moving & Storage Inc., which has been located in Downers Grove for 80 years,...

Employees may have larger paychecks next year

FOX 32 News Chicago This article was written by Mike Flannery and featured on Fox Chicago on December 4, 2014. The State Senate adjourned Thursday, which is not usually big news, but legislators left in place an income tax reduction set to take effect next month. That means many paychecks will likely be a bit...

Illinois lawmakers should not set up state-funded health insurance exchange

Illinois lawmakers could vote this week to create a state-funded health insurance exchange under the Affordable Care Act.

WREX: Digging Deeper

WREX.com – Rockford’s News Leader Jobs and the economy are two things voters said are the most important things to them after the November election. What is Illinois doing to create much-needed jobs? Some say not enough when it comes to the price startup companies have to pay to become open for business in the...

The Independents: No Cronies

The Illinois Policy Institute’s CEO, John Tillman, joined Kennedy on Fox Business Network’s “The Independents” to discuss the Institute’s No Cronies campaign and the fight to end cronyism and corruption in Chicago and champion entrepreneurs in the windy city.

Threat to health subsidies pressures state’s decision to create exchange

This article was written by Wes Venteicher and Ellen Jean Hirst and featured in the Chicago Tribune on November 14, 2014. A legal challenge to the Affordable Care Act and two imminent deadlines are putting pressure on Illinois to act to set up a state-based health insurance exchange or risk losing subsidies that help thousands...

How to read a jobs report

This article was written by Megan Crepeau and featured in Red Eye Chicago on November 9, 2014. On the first Friday of every month, the country’s financial elite wake up early and breathlessly await the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics’ monthly Employment Situation Summary—or, as you probably know it, the jobs report. “It’s the best...

What would Rauner pension plan look like?

This article was written by Matt Porter and featured on WCIA on November 7, 2014. With a Republican headed to the governor’s office, the state could see shifts in several policies including state pensions. Governor-elect Bruce Rauner was very public against the current pension reform before the Illinois Supreme Court, calling it unconstitutional and, during...