Indiana

Illinois remains most expensive state in Midwest for workers’ compensation

By Michael Lucci
11/10/2016
The regulatory cost of doing business in Illinois remains the highest in the Midwest for workers’ compensation, according to the 2016 Oregon Workers’ Compensation Premium Rate Ranking study.[1] Illinois’ out-of-balance workers’ compensation laws contribute to the Land of Lincoln’s loss of industrial investment and blue-collar job opportunities. Illinois manufacturing firms often cite workers’ compensation as...

Illinois is a high-tax state

By John Klingner
08/17/2016
Illinois had the fourth-highest combined state and local tax burden as a share of state income in the country.

The cost of Illinois’ lawmakers

By John Klingner, Ted Dabrowski
07/26/2016
Illinois lawmakers pay themselves the fifth-highest annual lawmaker base salary in the country.

Pensions vs. schools

By Ted Dabrowski, John Klingner
01/26/2016
Since 2009, 89 cents of every new dollar for education goes to teacher pensions
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Process for unionizing non-state workers raises red flags

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

By Ted Dabrowski
05/02/2016