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06/17/2015

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The shockingly bad fiscal health of Chicago (and the financial engineering used to hide it)

04/02/2015

State lawmakers and the city of Chicago owe taxpayers an honest assessment. It's a sad state of affairs when we have to get that assessment from a bond guru in Kentucky.

TAGS: bonds, budget, Chicago, general obligation bonds, taxes

Wisconsin becomes 25th Right-to-Work state

By Michael Lucci

03/09/2015

The Badger State is now even more alluring for Illinois workers and businesses.

TAGS: home rule, right to work, Scott Walker

Supreme Court to rule on the proper reading of ObamaCare

By Jeffrey Schwab

03/05/2015

The fact that the government does not like the consequences of its actions is not a reason to ignore the clear meaning of the text of the Affordable Care Act.

TAGS: King v. Burwell, U.S. Supreme Court

Out-migration is breaking Illinois budgets

By Michael Lucci

01/25/2015

Twenty years of flight have wreaked havoc on state and local budgets, causing an estimated $7.6 billion in tax-revenue losses annually. Any long-term fix to Illinois’ budget crisis must address the state’s out-migration crisis.

TAGS: budget

ObamaCare: The year ahead

By Naomi Lopez Bauman

01/02/2015

The Affordable Care Act is headed back to the U.S. Supreme Court in 2015.

TAGS: ACA: Affordable Care Act, health care, U.S. Supreme Court

Illinois Corruption Watch: November 2014

By Brian Costin

12/07/2014

In November, 13 of 53 Corruption Watch stories were related to policies and actions of criminal-justice authorities in Illinois.

TAGS: Chicago

Ruling against ObamaCare IRS subsidies would save Illinoisans billions in penalty costs

By Naomi Lopez Bauman

12/02/2014

There is a silver lining should the Supreme Court rule against the ACA: Illinoisans would no longer be subject to an estimated $6.5 billion in IRS penalties.

TAGS: IRS: Internal Revenue Service

Cost of a state-based ObamaCare exchange underestimated in Illinois

By Naomi Lopez Bauman

11/26/2014

Despite Illinois’ precarious financial situation, some lawmakers are continuing their efforts to establish an expensive state-based ObamaCare exchange.

TAGS: ACA: Affordable Care Act, health care

Tennessee votes to ban income taxation, Illinois should do the same

By Michael Lucci

11/23/2014

Over the last 15 years, Illinois has lost a net of 282,827 people and more than $14 billion in annual income to zero-income-tax states.

TAGS: income tax, jobs

Internal Revenue Service

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The shockingly bad fiscal health of Chicago (and the financial engineering used to hide it)

Wisconsin becomes 25th Right-to-Work state

Supreme Court to rule on the proper reading of ObamaCare

Out-migration is breaking Illinois budgets

ObamaCare: The year ahead

Illinois Corruption Watch: November 2014

Ruling against ObamaCare IRS subsidies would save Illinoisans billions in penalty costs

Cost of a state-based ObamaCare exchange underestimated in Illinois

Tennessee votes to ban income taxation, Illinois should do the same

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