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This article was featured in Investors Business Daily on September 17, 2014. Economy In Crisis: A new study by the Illinois Policy Institute shows in the past four years, the number of new food-stamp recipients in the state has outpaced new jobs nearly 2-to-1. Illinois Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn, locked in a tight re-election battle with...
This article was written by Jacob Huebert and featured in the Belleville News Democrat on September 14, 2014. Should people be free to choose what organizations they give money to? The First Amendment says they should, and the nation’s highest court agrees. The Supreme Court upheld the right to freedom of association for a group...
Algonquin, Mundelein and Addison pass transparency audit; St. Charles and others fail With the constant advancements of the digital age, keeping citizens informed about their local and state governments’ actions has never been easier. However, recent analysis by the Illinois Policy Institute found that Oswego, Woodridge, St. Charles and 15 other city governments in the...
Pension reform is one of the biggest issues facing the state. Gov. Pat Quinn has passed pension reform legislation, which could be ruled unconstitutional by the Illinois Supreme Court. If that were to happen, Quinn has yet to detail what he would do. As for GOP challenger Bruce Rauner, he proposes shifting workers to a...
This article was written by Matt Porter and featured on Illinois Homepage on September 9, 2014. Years of ignoring the pension problem has put Illinois at the bottom of the list. Moody’s Investor Services rated the state dead last for its pension debt compared to its revenues. Dean of the UIS College of Business and...
Today the Illinois Policy Institute released a new report looking at the employment rate for minorities in Illinois. According to the Illinois Department of Employment Security, or IDES, employment for black and Latino males in Illinois is near an all-time low. According to IDES: The employment rate for African American or black males has fallen more...
This article was originally featured on Pantagraph on September 3, 2014. The city of Bloomington and Mayor Tari Renner deserve a round of applause for their work to make city documents more visible and easier to access for the general public. Last week, the City Council approved, on a near unanimous vote, an expansion of...
Paul Kersey, Director of Labor Policy at the Illinois Policy Institute, joined Fox 32 Chicago on Labor day to discuss the differences in salaries and perks between state and union employees. Watch the interview here.