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Voice support for property-tax freeze

By Hilary Gowins

05/28/2015

SB 1046 would allow taxpayers to take back control over skyrocketing property taxes.

TAGS: property taxes

Illinois’ middle class shrinking as property taxes shoot to record levels

By Michael Lucci

04/13/2015

Illinois stands out in the Midwest for unaffordable housing – 34 percent of Illinois households spend more than 30 cents per dollar of income on housing, more than any other state in the region.

TAGS: housing, property taxes

Labor-union membership in Illinois and surrounding states

By Naomi Lopez Bauman

04/10/2015

Illinois has the second-highest labor-union participation rate among neighboring states.

TAGS: labor, public sector

Pew study blows hole in myth that Illinois has a revenue problem

By Michael Lucci

04/06/2015

Tax revenues in Illinois are up 22.5 percent over pre-recession highs, while 30 other states are collecting less tax revenue today than they were before the recession began.

TAGS: jobs

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

Right to Work is surrounding Illinois

By Michael Lucci

02/24/2015

As neighbors and regional peers move to foster business growth, Illinois is being left behind.

TAGS: jobs, right to work

Illinois lawmaker introduces bill to kill death tax

By Michael Lucci

02/22/2015

Dollar for dollar, the death tax is likely the most economically harmful tax levied in Illinois.

TAGS: death tax, jobs

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.

Illinois workforce grows, but job creation rate worst in the Midwest

By Michael Lucci

11/23/2014

Illinois is now down 138,200 total payroll jobs in the recession era, the second-worst recovery of any state.

TAGS: jobs

Criminal-justice accountability depends on transparency

By Bryant Jackson-Green

11/20/2014

Chicago needs police transparency now more than ever.

TAGS: Chicago, CPD: Chicago Police Department

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FAQ: How the federal scholarship program would help Illinois students

Illinois students could soon benefit from scholarship money to help them find a tutor, attend ACT or SAT prep sessions, pay tuition, get special education services or assist with other academic needs. That will happen in Illinois only if Gov. J.B. Pritzker lets the state’s schoolchildren benefit from the Federal Scholarship Tax Credit program, established...

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