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

Chicagoans 60 times more likely than New Yorkers to be stopped by police

By Austin Berg

03/25/2015

Chicago residents are stopped four times as often as New York City residents were at the height of that city’s controversial stop-and-frisk policy.

TAGS: good government, stop and frisk

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

Pensions are contracts; nothing more, nothing less

By Benjamin VanMetre

01/22/2015

Illinois Policy Institute files amicus brief in SB 1 case

TAGS: ILGA: Illinois General Assembly, Illinois Constitution, Illinois Supreme Court, pensions, Senate Bill 1

Illinois had record mass exodus in 2014

By Michael Lucci

01/07/2015

The stunning data underscore an important point as power shifts to Governor-elect Bruce Rauner: Illinois cannot raise taxes on a population that is shrinking due to massive numbers of people leaving.

TAGS: jobs

Chicago cracks down on unregulated eating

By Bryant Jackson-Green

12/26/2014

A thriving entrepreneurial culture depends on the ability to experiment and take risks without begging for permission from the government.

TAGS: Chicago, regulations, small business

Police body cameras, ban on chokeholds may be coming to Chicago soon

By Bryant Jackson-Green

12/12/2014

City officials don’t get very much right. But if public pressure makes them act to ensure greater police transparency and more protection of individual rights, we may have good reason to be optimistic.

TAGS: Chicago, police body cameras

Pathway to a Profession: How Apprenticeships Could Reshape Illinois’ Beauty Service Industry

Occupational licensing requirements present one of the steepest barriers to low-income Illinoisans starting careers in beauty services. Illinois requires anyone seeking to become a barber, cosmetologist, nail technician or hair braider to obtain a state license, essentially a permission slip to work. Unlike 45 other states, Illinois offers only one pathway to licensure for each...

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How occupational licensing blocks path to success for ex-offenders

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Chicagoans 60 times more likely than New Yorkers to be stopped by police

Out-migration is breaking Illinois budgets

Pensions are contracts; nothing more, nothing less

Illinois had record mass exodus in 2014

Chicago cracks down on unregulated eating

Police body cameras, ban on chokeholds may be coming to Chicago soon

Pathway to a Profession: How Apprenticeships Could Reshape Illinois’ Beauty Service Industry

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