American Legislative Exchange Council

2010 Economic Reform Agenda: Six Common-Sense Reforms to Get Illinois Back on Track

By Chris Andriesen
03/04/2010
The Problem Illinois is in a fiscal meltdown that continues to spiral out of control.  We began the year with $4 billion in leftover unpaid bills, and we are likely to end the year with nearly $6 billion.  This financial mess could have been avoided if reasonable spending and regulatory reforms had been put into...

Opening the books in Illinois: Basic transparency for better government

04/03/2008
Do Illinois citizens deserve to know where their tax dollars go?  Less than ten years ago, a state audit found that many of our public officials didn’t think so.  More than two-thirds of requests for public documents, the study found, were turned away at local offices.  More than a quarter of them were denied altogether....