The city’s latest taxpayer-funded development project reinforces the need to eliminate tax increment financing in favor of honest and transparent city budgeting.

Local governments create TIF districts to encourage development in “blighted” areas; but TIFs often don’t deliver on promised economic benefits, while they do divert tax dollars from other uses and create opaque slush funds for the mayor to reward insider developers.

Making Illinois’ system fairer through pension reform, consolidation and accountability to parents and students.

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

Consolidating Illinois’ 859 school districts will lead to greater efficiency and help stem rising property taxes.