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This article was written by Kelly Riddell and featured in the Washington Times on September 1, 2014. If the Illinois Teachers Retirement Service (TRS) had to pay out all of its pensions today, it could only afford to give its members 40 cents on the dollar. Yet the number of six-figure pensions TRS has been doling out...
This article was written by Michael Puente and originally featured on WBEZ on August 28, 2014. George Brown of Valparaiso, Indiana, works for a steel mill these days, but at one time, his main gig was construction — across the state border in Chicago. The commute and that “living in both worlds” familiarity didn’t prevent...
Paul Kersey, Director of Labor Policy, joined Stacy on the Right to discuss government worker compensation. You can listen to the interview here, Paul’s section starts at the 19:45 mark.
Proposed Illinois regulations for rideshare services would have reduced competition and hurt consumers CHICAGO (Aug. 25, 2014) – Today, Gov. Pat Quinn vetoed two bills that would have placed unnecessary and anti-competitive regulations on rideshare services such as Uber, Lyft and Sidecar. The legislation vetoed today was being pushed heavily by Illinois’ taxi companies that...
Naomi Lopez Bauman, Director of Health Policy at the Illinois Policy Institute, joined WICS-ABC News Channel 20 with Adam Rife. They discussed Illinois’ ballot questions and the rationale behind politicians focusing on political ploys rather than effective policy.
Michael Lucci, Director of Jobs and Growth at the Illinois Policy Institute, joined WROK-AM in Rockford with Scot Bertram and Riley O’Neal. They talked about the most recent jobs numbers and the correlation between Illinois’ unemployment rate and people dropping out of the workforce.
Michael Lucci, Director of Jobs and Growth at the Illinois Policy Institute, joined Michael Flannery on Fox 32 Chicago to discuss Governor Pat Quinn claims that the Illinois’ economy is improving faster than at any time since the 1980’s. His republican challenger, though, complains the state ranks dead last in job creation since the great recession began...
As the Labor Day holiday approaches, a series of reports by the nonpartisan Illinois Policy Institute takes a close look at government unions in Illinois. The reports ask these questions: How does pay for state-government workers compare to pay for workers in the private sector? How much are perks included in the state’s union contract...