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Leaving children alone can come with lifelong consequences for Illinois families

By Jeffrey Schwab

07/02/2015

One story shows how poorly written laws can cost responsible parents their livelihoods.

TAGS: Department of Children and Family Services

Speeding ticket can cost you more than $900 in Illinois

By Austin Berg

07/02/2015

True ticket costs are hard to stomach in many Illinois cities.

3 prevailing budget truths for Illinois

By Ted Dabrowski

07/02/2015

illinois house speaker mike madigan

Three facts prove that sensible spending coupled with pro-growth reforms is the solution to the current crisis. 1. Illinois has a spending problem. Not a revenue problem. If Illinois spending had grown at the same rate as inflation and Illinois’ population, the state’s expenditures would have been $8 billion less than they were in 2014. Extending...

TAGS: income tax, outmigration

Ending Illinois’ budget crisis: No more business as usual

By Ted Dabrowski, John Klingner

07/01/2015

Flooding Springfield’s coffers with new money is a tried-and-failed approach.

TAGS: Bruce Rauner, budget

Black men hit hardest by Illinois’ manufacturing losses

By Michael Lucci

06/30/2015

For inner-city families without the luxury of a private education, an Illinois manufacturing job is and always has been the first rung up the economic ladder.

TAGS: jobs, losses, manufacturing

Illinois politicians should take note as Greek, Puerto Rican debts blow up: ‘This is not politics, this is math’

By Michael Lucci

06/29/2015

For Greece and Puerto Rico, avoiding sustainable solutions has lead to fiscal ruin. When will Illinois’ lawmakers stop whistling past the graveyard?

TAGS: budget, Chicago, debt, pensions, Puerto Rico

3 lessons on criminal-justice reform from the author of ‘Orange is the New Black’

By Bryant Jackson-Green

06/27/2015

Piper Kerman draws on personal experience to show how public safety hinges on criminal-justice reform.

TAGS: criminal justice reform, Piper Kerman

Choose Chicago an epic cut for Rauner

By Austin Berg

06/26/2015

State money for city branding is nonessential.

TAGS: Bruce Rauner, budget, Choose Chicago

School’s out of options: 7 things you should know about Chicago’s teacher pension system

By Ted Dabrowski

06/25/2015

As contract negotiations heat up this summer, the facts are hard to stomach.

TAGS: budget, contract, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, CTU: Chicago Teachers Union, education, pensions, taxes

Divergence: White-collar jobs up, manufacturing jobs disappearing in Illinois

By Michael Lucci

06/22/2015

Illinois suffered the loss of 2,500 manufacturing jobs in May, and is down 7,900 factory jobs in 2015.

TAGS: manufacturing

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FAQ: How the federal scholarship program would help Illinois students

Illinois students could soon benefit from scholarship money to help them find a tutor, attend ACT or SAT prep sessions, pay tuition, get special education services or assist with other academic needs. That will happen in Illinois only if Gov. J.B. Pritzker lets the state’s schoolchildren benefit from the Federal Scholarship Tax Credit program, established...

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