If Madigan is protecting the middle class, why do blue-collar workers earn more in Indiana?

By Michael Lucci

12/07/2015

Illinois’ anti-growth policies depress middle-class wages and job opportunities.

TAGS: jobs, manufacturing, Mike Madigan, unemployment

Busting the Springfield power monopoly: Madigan, Dunkin and why Illinois needs term limits

By Jim Long

11/24/2015

The defiance of certain Democrats in the General Assembly shows House Speaker Mike Madigan’s stranglehold on power is weakening.

TAGS: Mike Madigan, term limits

After months of gridlock, compromise rears its head in Springfield

By Heather Weiner

11/12/2015

Good-faith negotiation and trust were foundational to all of the deals made, but some Statehouse Democrats pushed for extreme solutions while others were actively compromising.

TAGS: Bruce Rauner, budget, Child Care Assistance Program, illinois lottery, John Cullerton, Mike Madigan

Illinois needs term limits

By Jim Long

10/18/2015

Illinois should adopt term limits for its elected officials to diminish the unchecked power of career politicians such as House Speaker Mike Madigan.

TAGS: Mike Madigan, term limits

Meet the politicians getting rich off Chicago’s property-tax scheme

By Austin Berg

10/16/2015

Flawed property valuations and the process required to fix them are a cash cow for law firms, including those of House Speaker Mike Madigan, Chicago Alderman Ed Burke and Illinois Senate President John Cullerton.

TAGS: Chicago, corruption, cronyism, Ed Burke, John Cullerton, Mike Madigan, property taxes

Rauner speaks out on the fallacy of ‘extreme’ reforms

By Heather Weiner

10/09/2015

Gov. Bruce Rauner calls on Illinois lawmakers to save costs for the state by enacting collective-bargaining reforms for its government-worker unions.

TAGS: Bruce Rauner, Mike Madigan

Madigan and power

By Scott Reeder

09/08/2015

In the history of the United States, no one has led a state legislative body longer than Mike Madigan.

TAGS: Mike Madigan

SB 1229 officially dead: Madigan’s defeat is Illinois taxpayers’ victory

By Heather Weiner

09/05/2015

On Sept. 2, the Illinois House of Representatives failed to override Gov. Bruce Rauner’s veto of the government-worker union arbitration bill, and on Sept. 4, the deadline for doing so officially expired – a major defeat for House Speaker Mike Madigan.

TAGS: AFSCME: American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees, Mike Madigan, SB 1229

Madigan comes up short on SB 1229 override

By Hilary Gowins

09/03/2015

House Speaker Mike Madigan said on multiple occasions he had the votes to override the governor’s veto.

TAGS: AFSCME: American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees, Bruce Rauner, Jack Franks, Ken Dunkin, Mike Madigan, SB 1229, Scott Drury

Failure to override veto of SB 1229: Great win for taxpayers

By John Tillman

09/02/2015

The failure of the Illinois House of Representatives to override Gov. Bruce Rauner’s veto of Senate Bill 1229 represents a great win for taxpayers on two fronts. First, taxpayers’ voice in AFSCME negotiations was protected. The governor, not an unelected and unaccountable arbitrator, will set the terms of the next contract. But the failure of...

TAGS: AFSCME: American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees, Bruce Rauner, Mike Madigan, SB 1229

Mike Madigan

If Madigan is protecting the middle class, why do blue-collar workers earn more in Indiana?

Busting the Springfield power monopoly: Madigan, Dunkin and why Illinois needs term limits

After months of gridlock, compromise rears its head in Springfield

Illinois needs term limits

Meet the politicians getting rich off Chicago’s property-tax scheme

Rauner speaks out on the fallacy of ‘extreme’ reforms

Madigan and power

SB 1229 officially dead: Madigan’s defeat is Illinois taxpayers’ victory

Madigan comes up short on SB 1229 override

Failure to override veto of SB 1229: Great win for taxpayers

Chicago Forward 2026: A pro-growth plan to end city budget deficits

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Process for unionizing non-state workers raises red flags

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