Budget Solutions 2018: Balancing the state budget without tax hikes

By Ted Dabrowski, Craig Lesner, John Klingner, Michael Lucci

01/31/2017

A set of structural reforms that protect taxpayers and put Illinois on the path to prosperity.

Instead of a tax hike, consolidate Illinois’ 7,000 units of local government

By Brendan Bakala

01/26/2017

As lawmakers consider massive tax hikes on Illinoisans, they should look to consolidate nearly 7,000 units of local government and to cut their high administrative costs.

TAGS: education, local government consolidation, property taxes

Full text: Gov. Bruce Rauner’s 2017 State of the State Address

By illinoispolicy

01/25/2017

Delivered on Jan. 25, 2017.

TAGS: Bruce Rauner, State of the State

LA Tan settles case under Illinois privacy law for $1.5M

By Amy Korte

12/09/2016

L.A. Tan has settled a class action lawsuit in which plaintiffs alleged the company stored customers’ fingerprint data in violation of Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act, or BIPA. Whether this settlement opens the gates to a flood of BIPA litigation remains to be seen.

TAGS: BIPA: Biometric Information Privacy Act, regulations

McDonald’s counters Fight for $15 with automation nationwide

11/30/2016

Calls for a minimum-wage hike nationwide and in Illinois are increasingly met with businesses’ use of technology to cut costs.

TAGS: Fight for 15, jobs, minimum wage

Illinois lost more than 30,000 millennials on net in 2014

By Madelyn Harwood

11/06/2016

Illinois’ out-migration of younger workers should concern lawmakers and urge them to pass pro-growth reforms.

TAGS: jobs, millennials, outmigration

IRS migration data show wealth and youth are fleeing Illinois

By Michael Lucci

11/03/2016

Illinois’ 2011 income-tax hike caused out-migration that cost the state high-earning taxpayers. New IRS data show taxpayers who left had an average income of $77,000 per year, compared with taxpayers who entered Illinois, who had an average income of $57,000 per year.

TAGS: IRS: Internal Revenue Service, jobs, outmigration

California court rules that pensions can be reformed going forward

By John Klingner

09/01/2016

Unlike the Illinois Supreme Court’s protection of the status quo, a California appeals court is allowing a pension reform law to move forward and potentially reduce that state’s pension burden.

TAGS: pensions

Federal district court in Illinois dismisses biometric information privacy case against Smarte Carte

By Amy Korte

08/19/2016

A federal district court in Illinois has determined the mere violation of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act does not amount to an injury sufficient to allow a plaintiff to sue in federal court.

TAGS: BIPA: Biometric Information Privacy Act, privacy

The cost of Illinois’ lawmakers

By John Klingner, Ted Dabrowski

07/26/2016

Illinois lawmakers pay themselves the fifth-highest annual lawmaker base salary in the country.

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Budget Solutions 2018: Balancing the state budget without tax hikes

Instead of a tax hike, consolidate Illinois’ 7,000 units of local government

Full text: Gov. Bruce Rauner’s 2017 State of the State Address

LA Tan settles case under Illinois privacy law for $1.5M

McDonald’s counters Fight for $15 with automation nationwide

Illinois lost more than 30,000 millennials on net in 2014

IRS migration data show wealth and youth are fleeing Illinois

California court rules that pensions can be reformed going forward

Federal district court in Illinois dismisses biometric information privacy case against Smarte Carte

The cost of Illinois’ lawmakers

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

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