Riverwalk eatery gone thanks to murky Chicago rules

By Dylan Sharkey

11/17/2025

Restaurants and bars bid to be along Chicago’s Riverwalk, so why a proven business with a lucrative offer was booted is a mystery wrapped up in a secretive city panel.

Illinois’ low social mobility: causes and cures

01/28/2025

Published Jan. 28, 2025 Illinois Policy Institute Center for Poverty Solutions, in partnership with the Archbridge Institute By Joshua Bandoch, Ph.D., head of policy, Illinois Policy Institute and Justin Callais, Ph.D., chief economist, Archbridge Institute EXECUTIVE SUMMARY A low-income person’s ability to move up in society is worse in Illinois than in any other Midwestern...

Illinois Policy Institute Ethics Complaint: Chicago Teachers Union Pressured Students to Vote ‘Yes’ on Tax Hike

03/18/2024

Media footage from the Chicago Teachers Union's Student Power Forum and Parade to the Polls event shows several, explicit ethics violations.

TAGS: CTU: Chicago Teachers Union

Growth in tollway revenue shows Illinois never planned on keeping its ‘freeway’ promise

By Adam Schuster

09/17/2019

Illinois drivers were supposed to be ‘toll free in ’73.’ But in 2019, state leaders still show no sign of abandoning tollway revenue.

TAGS: Illinois State Toll Highway Commission, Illinois Tollway, taxes, tollway

House committee approves Pritzker progressive tax amendment

By Vincent Caruso

05/20/2019

The Illinois House Revenue & Finance Committee approved a proposed constitutional amendment that would scrap taxpayers’ sole protection against endless income tax hikes.

TAGS: fair tax, JB Pritzker, progressive income tax, taxes

Toilet scam could flush Pritzker’s ‘fair tax’

By Austin Berg

04/25/2019

Why should Illinoisans trust an alleged tax cheat to judge the fairness of their tax bill?

TAGS: fair tax, income tax, JB Pritzker, progressive income tax, taxes

Last day for refunds on Chicago red-light and speed camera tickets

By Brendan Bakala

12/11/2017

Motorists have only hours left to seek a refund from the city of Chicago.

TAGS: Chicago, criminal justice reform, red light cameras

Instructive Disinformation

05/04/2012

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How to stop pushing jobs out of Illinois

10/27/2011

by Emily Dietrich “If we repeal this law, these jobs will come back to Illinois,” said Brian Littleton, founder and CEO of ShareASale, at a press conference announcing the introduction of legislation to repeal Illinois’ affiliate nexus law, sometimes referred to as the “Amazon tax.” Wednesday’s press conference focused on the thousands of Illinois businesses...

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Riverwalk eatery gone thanks to murky Chicago rules

Illinois’ low social mobility: causes and cures

Illinois Policy Institute Ethics Complaint: Chicago Teachers Union Pressured Students to Vote ‘Yes’ on Tax Hike

Growth in tollway revenue shows Illinois never planned on keeping its ‘freeway’ promise

House committee approves Pritzker progressive tax amendment

Toilet scam could flush Pritzker’s ‘fair tax’

Last day for refunds on Chicago red-light and speed camera tickets

Madigan comes up short on SB 1229 override

Instructive Disinformation

How to stop pushing jobs out of Illinois

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

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Diana Graham

Process for unionizing non-state workers raises red flags

CBS Chicago: Illinois’ highest-paid superintendent receives $400K per year to oversee 1,200 students