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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...
This article was written by Charles Thomas and featured on ABC7 on August 18, 2014. As Gov. Pat Quinn celebrated the dropping unemployment rate in Illinois, his Republican opponent Bruce Rauner questions the numbers. Both candidates are still spinning last week’s U.S. Department of Labor report that the state’s unemployment rate had fallen 25 percent...
This article was by Greg Hinz and originally featured on Crain’s Chicago Business on August 18, 2014. In what is big news for Rockford and fair-sized news for those in Chicago’s northwestern suburbs, AAR Corp. today announced that it will open a $40 million maintenance facility and create 500 jobs with an expansion at the...