Illinois politician proposes bill to criminalize filming fights

By Bryant Jackson-Green, Tim Lazar

02/17/2016

A proposal to criminalize recording and posting fights would violate the First Amendment rights of Illinois residents

TAGS: criminal justice reform, First Amendment

5 reasons Illinois government-worker pensions are unfair to taxpayers

By Ted Dabrowski, John Klingner

12/09/2015

The outsized benefits received by retired government workers under the State Universities Retirement System and the unfair burden this places on taxpayers demonstrate the urgent need to reform Illinois’ government-worker pensions.

TAGS: SURS: State Universities Retirement System

Illinois is losing taxpayers from every income bracket and age group

By Michael Lucci

08/26/2015

Newly released IRS migration data reveal that high-income earners and prime working-age residents left Illinois in record numbers in 2011 and 2012.

Passing the buck: Avoiding accountability for the teacher-retirement funding mess

By Ted Dabrowski

08/18/2015

Reforming Illinois’ Teachers’ Retirement System is the only hope for saving the pension fund from insolvency and providing the accountability and retirement security that teachers and taxpayers deserve.

TAGS: TRS: Teachers’ Retirement System

CPS to ask employees to contribute their fair share to their pensions

By Ted Dabrowski

08/12/2015

Chicago Public Schools CEO Forrest Claypool calls for an end to “pickups” of employee pension contributions, which would save the cash-strapped district $174 million a year.

Illinois’ migration and economic crises revealed in 2014 U-Haul pricing

By Michael Lucci

06/04/2015

Americans once stampeded into Illinois in search of opportunity. Now, the opposite happens.

Tax season isn’t over: Illinoisans will work 120 days to pay for government in 2015

By Austin Berg

04/15/2015

Illinois taxpayers celebrate Tax Freedom Day nearly two weeks after their peers in neighboring states.

TAGS: budget, tax freedom day, taxes

Will Congress finally live by the same set of rules under ObamaCare?

By Naomi Lopez Bauman

12/26/2014

If lawmakers begin to enter the ObamaCare exchanges themselves, it will certainly draw attention to the hypocrisy of some lawmakers who have imposed this costly law on Americans. But perhaps more importantly, it could serve as an important lever to force lawmakers to re-examine the most damaging aspects of the law.

TAGS: ACA: Affordable Care Act, health care

No more blank checks for ObamaCare insurers

By Naomi Lopez Bauman

12/16/2014

The new federal spending bill, dubbed the “CRomnibus,” codifies that the ACA payments to insurers are budget-neutral, as the revenue to fund them will come from fees already assessed on health-insurance plans. This is not the blank check that insurers were hoping for.

TAGS: budget, health care, health insurance, lame duck session

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Illinois politician proposes bill to criminalize filming fights

5 reasons Illinois government-worker pensions are unfair to taxpayers

Illinois is losing taxpayers from every income bracket and age group

Passing the buck: Avoiding accountability for the teacher-retirement funding mess

CPS to ask employees to contribute their fair share to their pensions

Illinois’ migration and economic crises revealed in 2014 U-Haul pricing

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Tax season isn’t over: Illinoisans will work 120 days to pay for government in 2015

Will Congress finally live by the same set of rules under ObamaCare?

No more blank checks for ObamaCare insurers

Pathway to a Profession: How Apprenticeships Could Reshape Illinois’ Beauty Service Industry

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Process for unionizing non-state workers raises red flags

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