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Worker Freedom: A retirement alternative for government workers

By Benjamin VanMetre
10/14/2014
Government workers across Illinois believe they have no viable alternative to the politician-controlled pension system. They’re stuck holding on to the false hope that politicians will make good on their next set of promises, and that somehow the pension crisis will solve itself in the future. That’s why the Illinois Policy Institute launched workerfreedom.com, an...

Budget Solutions 2014: Pension reform

By Ted Dabrowski, Benjamin VanMetre
02/27/2013
The only way to end Illinois’ pension crisis is to empower government workers by transitioning benefits for all future work to a defined contribution system.

Sunshine Standard – Model transparency language

By Chris Andriesen
11/12/2010
by Kate Piercy All interested in government transparency, check out this new website,sunshinestandard.org, created by Sunshine Review. The website aims to provide citizens and elected officials with model legislation and tools to launch reforms and expand the amount of information available about government. As Michael Barnhart of Sunshine Review explains, “State and local governments, and school districts,...

Chicago Forward 2026: A pro-growth plan to end city budget deficits

Chicago’s $1.15 billion projected budget gap is the latest in a decades-long string of structural deficits. Making Chicago’s high taxes worse is not the solution.

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Process for unionizing non-state workers raises red flags

By Paul Kersey
06/19/2014

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

By Ted Dabrowski
05/02/2016