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This article was written by Matt Porter and featured on Illinois Homepage on September 26, 2014. “Business friendly” may not describe the Land of Lincoln after it ranks second from last in a new study. The Chicago-based research group, American Economic Development Institute, ranked Illinois the 49th worst state for business just ahead of California....
Danville, Granite City, Pekin, Galesburg and others perform poorly in online transparency audit SPRINGFIELD (Sept. 22, 2014) – 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 Pekin, Danville, O’Fallon and 15...
Today, complete data showing Illinois’ unemployment levels were released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The new data show the state’s economy is still struggling since the recession, and tens of thousands of the unemployed have stopped looking for work. On Thursday, Sept. 18, the Illinois Department of Employment Security, or IDES, released preliminary,...
This article was written by Naomi Lopez Bauman and featured in Northwest Indiana Times on September 19, 2014. Once Gov. Mike Pence’s Medicaid expansion plan, Healthy Indiana Plan 2.0, or HIP, undergoes required revisions to obtain federal approval, it is not going to be the same plan approved by Indiana lawmakers. As part of the...
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...