Lawsuit challenges Chicago’s unconstitutional Airbnb ordinance

11/16/2016

Airbnb has reported that about 4,800 Chicagoans are Airbnb hosts, and they earn an average of $5,300 per year renting out their homes through the service.

TAGS: Airbnb, Chicago, regulations

Asset forfeiture in Illinois: What it is, where it happens, and reforms the state needs

By Ben Ruddell, Bryant Jackson-Green

11/16/2016

Most people expect Illinois law enforcement to defend the private property of Illinois residents. As long as you obey the law, your life, liberty and property should be secure from the law – or so common sense would suggest. Yet, every year, Illinois law enforcement agencies take tens of millions of dollars in cash, vehicles,...

Moody’s calls Safe Roads Amendment a “credit negative” for Illinois’ finances

By Ted Dabrowski

11/11/2016

Now that politicians don’t have the flexibility to access transportation funding during emergencies, they’ll use the lack of funds as an excuse to pass higher taxes on Illinoisans.

TAGS: budget, labor, transportation

Transportation “lockbox” amendment is a bad idea

By Ted Dabrowski

10/27/2016

The Illinois Constitution shouldn't be trivialized by a convoluted mess of budget restrictions.

TAGS: budget, taxes, transportation, unions

Poll shows high taxes encouraging Illinoisans to leave the state

10/11/2016

Nearly half of respondents said they would like to leave the state, including almost two-thirds of millennials.

TAGS: outmigration, property taxes, taxes

“Lockbox” amendment will decide how transportation funds can be spent

By Heather Weiner

10/06/2016

Voters will have the opportunity in November to decide, by way of a constitutional amendment, whether lawmakers should be able to divert transportation funds toward other priorities.

TAGS: Illinois Constitution

Illinois counties, cities should have the right to dissolve townships

09/21/2016

Some steps have been taken to dissolve unnecessary units of governments, but taxpayers need an easier path to eliminate wasteful governmental bodies.

TAGS: budget, local government consolidation, property taxes

Government jobs surpass manufacturing jobs by 175,000 in Illinois

By Michael Lucci

09/16/2016

Illinois stands out in the industrial Midwest for its skewed government-to-manufacturing-jobs ratio.

TAGS: jobs, manufacturing, unemployment, workers compensation

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

Illinois taxpayers on the hook for pension failures

By Ted Dabrowski, John Klingner

08/25/2016

More realistic investment return assumptions by the Teachers’ Retirement System mean Illinois taxpayer contributions to the fund could rise by hundreds of millions of dollars. Ending teacher pension pickups would alleviate the burden on Illinois taxpayers.

TAGS: education, pensions, TRS: Teachers’ Retirement System

Constitution of Illinois

Lawsuit challenges Chicago’s unconstitutional Airbnb ordinance

Asset forfeiture in Illinois: What it is, where it happens, and reforms the state needs

Moody’s calls Safe Roads Amendment a “credit negative” for Illinois’ finances

Transportation “lockbox” amendment is a bad idea

Poll shows high taxes encouraging Illinoisans to leave the state

“Lockbox” amendment will decide how transportation funds can be spent

Illinois counties, cities should have the right to dissolve townships

Government jobs surpass manufacturing jobs by 175,000 in Illinois

California court rules that pensions can be reformed going forward

Illinois taxpayers on the hook for pension failures

FAQ: How the federal scholarship program would help Illinois students

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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