Adult Redeploy has saved Illinois nearly $70 million in avoided prison spending

By Bryant Jackson-Green

04/14/2016

By investing in community-based programs that treat nonviolent offenders’ drug and mental health problems, Illinois can avoid more costly expenditures on incarceration.

TAGS: adult redeploy, criminal justice reform

Illinoisans work 119 days to pay for government

By Craig Lesner

04/11/2016

Illinoisans must work from Jan. 1 until April 29 to pay the taxes they owe to federal, state and local governments.

TAGS: tax freedom day

Chicago lost more millionaires than any other U.S. city in 2015

By Michael Lucci

04/06/2016

Millionaires are playing a large role in the broader Chicago exodus.

TAGS: Chicago, income tax, outmigration

Illinois corruption watch: March 2016

04/04/2016

Several instances of corruption and mismanagement of public property and trust came to light in March and included new developments in cases involving Chicago Public Schools’ former CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett and former Gov. Rod Blagojevich.

TAGS: corruption

Chicago area sees greatest population loss of any major U.S. city in 2015

By Michael Lucci

03/25/2016

Census data are sounding a warning signal that Chicago and Illinois policy leaders don’t necessarily want to hear.

TAGS: Chicago, outmigration, population

Chicago’s total, effective tax rate on liquor is 28%

By Chris Lentino

03/21/2016

The combined federal, state, county and city taxes on alcohol result in a 28 percent effective tax rate on a bottle of spirits bought in Chicago.

TAGS: alcohol tax, Chicago

Illinois now home to the highest sales taxes in the Midwest

By Austin Berg

03/10/2016

Combined sales taxes in Illinois have leaped past those of every other state in the region.

TAGS: sales tax

Illinois corruption watch: February 2016

03/07/2016

Illinoisans’ confidence in their state government is the lowest of residents of any state in the nation, and corruption stories from February 2016 don’t help.

Illinois corruption watch: January 2016

02/12/2016

In January several instances of corruption, influence peddling and mismanagement across Illinois were brought to light, from the College of DuPage’s expense-account mismanagement, to Chicago’s red-light-camera bribery case.

Chicago cops retire to dodge punishment, collect 6-figure pensions

By Austin Berg

02/04/2016

Since Chicago officials received a city watchdog investigation recommending six officers be disciplined for their roles surrounding the killing of David Koschman by a nephew of former Mayor Richard M. Daley, three have retired.

TAGS: Chicago, CPD: Chicago Police Department, criminal justice reform, pensions

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Adult Redeploy has saved Illinois nearly $70 million in avoided prison spending

Illinoisans work 119 days to pay for government

Chicago lost more millionaires than any other U.S. city in 2015

Illinois corruption watch: March 2016

Chicago area sees greatest population loss of any major U.S. city in 2015

Chicago’s total, effective tax rate on liquor is 28%

Illinois now home to the highest sales taxes in the Midwest

Illinois corruption watch: February 2016

Illinois corruption watch: January 2016

Chicago cops retire to dodge punishment, collect 6-figure pensions

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

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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