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Illinois Policy Institute hosting conference call with journalists to explain, discuss new standards and what it means for future state budgets The Illinois Supreme Court ruled recently that state workers cannot be asked to pay higher premiums for the virtually free health-insurance coverage they receive after they retire. But new accounting standards set by the...
This article was written by Brian Costin, and featured in the Chicago Tribune on July 25, 2014. This is in response to “Too many governments? Downstate has the biggest share; Sparsely populated, Republican-leaning counties rail at big government while supporting lots of little ones” (News, July, 20), by Tribune reporter Bob Secter. Secter’s article loses sight of the...
Ted Dabrowski, Vice President of Policy at the Illinois Policy Institute, joined Faune Riggin on KZIM-AM “The Morning Meeting” to discuss how high taxes and failed public policies have forced thousands of people to move out of Illinois to states like Missouri.
This story was featured on Chicago Tonight on July 22, 2014. After lagging behind the rest of the country, Illinois’ economy is starting to pick up the pace in job growth. Officials are touting a recent record drop in unemployment over the last quarter. What’s behind the latest trend, will it continue, and has Illinois’...
Illinois Policy Institute experts available to comment on the decision of a major court case that could be start of ObamaCare’s unraveling WHAT: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit Court has ruled today that the Internal Revenue Service does not have the ability to circumvent the original intent of the Affordable Care Act...
This article was written by Adrienne Lu and featured in USA Today on July 16, 2014. When New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie last month vetoed a tax increase on any income over $1 million, no one was surprised. The Republican vetoed similar tax increases on the wealthy in 2010, 2011 and 2012, arguing that the state’s...
When New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie last month vetoed a tax increase on any income over $1 million, no one was surprised. The Republican vetoed similar tax increases on the wealthy in 2010, 2011 and 2012, arguing that the state’s richest residents would flee to other states, taking much-needed tax revenues and jobs with them....
Michael Lucci, Director of Jobs and Growth at the Illinois Policy Institute, talks with KHQA about how Illinois is losing people and jobs to neighbor states because of high taxes and bad policy.