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Paul Kersey, Director of Labor Policy at the Illinois Policy Institute, joins WJPF to talk about what the pending decision in the Harris v. Quinn Supreme Court case could mean for unions in Illinois and across the nation.t
This article was written by Paul Kersey and featured in the Daily Herald on June 27, 2014. Citizens and politicians agree: Illinois’ budget is a mess. Yet nothing ever seems to be done about it. Why not? Because one-third of the state’s spending — employee compensation — is off the table. Until Illinois politicians have...
Illinois Policy Institute issued amicus brief in case, Harris v. Quinn; labor experts available to comment on case WHAT: The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to issue a ruling this month in the case of Harris v. Quinn. In this case, suburban Chicago mom Pam Harris takes on the unions and Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn for signing an Executive...
This article was written by Sean Higgins and featured in the Washington Examiner on June 18, 2014. Did a majority of Illinois day care providers ever really want to join the Service Employees International Union? That’s the interesting question raised by a recent report from the conservative Illinois Policy Institute. In 2005, the state recognized...
This article was written by Jack Rooney and featured in the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin on June 18, 2014. For a law practice that does all of its work on a pro bono basis, you might think the Liberty Justice Center has no problem finding clients. But for an operation that has a specific goal...
Ted Dabrowski joins Fox Chicago’s political editor Mike Flannery to talk about Gov. Quinn signing a Chicago pension reform bill, which will result in higher taxes for Chicagoans.
Ted Dabrowski joins ABC7 to discuss the Chicago pension reform bill Gov. Quinn signed on June 9.
Illinois Policy Institute: Pension bill does not solve city pension crisis and likely means higher property taxes for Chicagoans Today, Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn signed into law a pension bill for the city of Chicago. Illinois Policy Institute CEO John Tillman issued the following statement today regarding the signing of this bill: “The Chicago pension...