Illinoisans are still waiting for their independence

By Austin Berg

07/04/2017

House Speaker Mike Madigan can seem like the only state lawmaker in the Land of Lincoln.

TAGS: Mike Madigan, term limits

Making sense of the economics of Illinois

By Michael Lucci

04/12/2017

Illinois has all of the necessary elements for success.

Illinois’ broken workers’ compensation system

By Michael Lucci

06/04/2015

Comparisons with peer states show a badly distorted workers’ compensation system in Illinois.

TAGS: manufacturing, transportation, workers compensation

Waukegan, beleaguered, needs school choice for a comeback

08/01/2014

Chicago’s North Shore is synonymous with million-dollar homes and top-notch schools. For decades, families have left Chicago to raise their families and educate their children in the North Shore suburbs. But tucked away within those wealthy villages is a city with schools on the other end of the spectrum. Waukegan, with a population of more...

Two major problems with proposed Chicago pedicab regulations

By Bryant Jackson-Green

04/28/2014

A Chicago City Council committee will consider a new set of restrictions on pedicabs at a hearing this week. Many specifics of the proposal, introduced by 44th Ward Alderman Tom Tunney, are unexceptional, but two provisions stand out as unnecessarily harmful to the pedicab market and consumer choice. For one, the ordinance arbitrarily caps the...

Institute in The Wall Street Journal: Illinois blows smoke at taxpayers

06/05/2012

The Institute's John Tillman was referenced in this opinion piece in The Wall Street Journal

More Government “Waste” in Cook County

06/14/2010

In recent weeks there has been a lot of bad news surfacing for taxpayers when it comes to the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago.

Fiscal Follies: Why Illinois

04/21/2010

Illinois

Kristina Rasmussen’s Testimony on Illinois Budget

01/31/2010

On February 23, Kristina Rasmussen testified before the Illinois Senate Appropriations Committee on the State Budget. Download her complete testimony here.

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Illinoisans are still waiting for their independence

Making sense of the economics of Illinois

Illinois’ broken workers’ compensation system

Waukegan, beleaguered, needs school choice for a comeback

Two major problems with proposed Chicago pedicab regulations

Institute in The Wall Street Journal: Illinois blows smoke at taxpayers

More Government “Waste” in Cook County

Fiscal Follies: Why Illinois

Kristina Rasmussen’s Testimony on Illinois Budget

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

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Process for unionizing non-state workers raises red flags

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