Money walks

By Ted Dabrowski

08/20/2013

Nine states with the highest personal income tax rates lost $90.05 billion in taxable income between 2000 and 2010.

TAGS: income tax, progressive income tax

Nine states with the highest personal income tax rates lost $90.05 billion in adjusted gross income between 2000 and 2010

By Ted Dabrowski

08/20/2013

When people don’t like the direction in which their state is headed, they often vote with their feet. That’s precisely what Illinoisans did during the last decade, and they took their income with them. Illinois netted a loss of more $20 billion to other states through the out-migration of its residents from 2000-2010, according to...

Power to the parents: using parent trigger laws to change educational outcomes

08/06/2013

As Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Teachers Union continue to argue about the reasons for the district’s recent school closings, one thing is clear – parents have largely been excluded from the conversation. But they don’t have to be – a new law appearing in seven states across the country, if adopted in Illinois, would...

TAGS: CPS: Chicago Public Schools, parent trigger

Cleveland teachers’ contract: It’s better than the one we got

05/19/2013

by Paul Kersey In my last post, I called attention to the contract between the Cleveland Teachers Union (an affiliate of the American Federation, just like the union that represents Chicago teachers) and the Cleveland Municipal School District. The union and the district both deserve credit for releasing their contract to the media just two days after reaching...

Buyer’s remorse: ObamaCare tax will slam union workers

By Paul Kersey

05/18/2013

Obamacare imposes a new 40 percent excise tax on high cost or “Cadillac” health insurance plans, effective in 2018.

TAGS: ACA: Affordable Care Act, labor, unions

The battle for Right to Work is a marathon, not a sprint

03/31/2013

Labor unions have a virtual lock on Illinois politics. Unionized government delivers services ever-less efficiently in rough proportion to its ever-increasing size.

TAGS: Michigan

Will swing states pressure the presidential candidates for a pension bailout?

10/03/2012

Will a few important swing states like Ohio and Colorado put pressure on the candidates to bail them out of their pension debt?

Why the No Pension Bailout project matters

09/27/2012

The goal of No Pension Bailout is to prevent the federal government from bailing out Illinois or any other states that have mismanaged their funds. We oppose a bailout because not only would it destroy state sovereignty and the concept of fiscal federalism once and for all, it would also transfer trillions of dollars from...

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

Our reaction to Gov. Walker’s victory in Wisconsin

06/05/2012

As Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker emerges victorious from a union-backed recall campaign, it is time to step back and look at the larger picture.

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Money walks

Nine states with the highest personal income tax rates lost $90.05 billion in adjusted gross income between 2000 and 2010

Power to the parents: using parent trigger laws to change educational outcomes

Cleveland teachers’ contract: It’s better than the one we got

Buyer’s remorse: ObamaCare tax will slam union workers

The battle for Right to Work is a marathon, not a sprint

Will swing states pressure the presidential candidates for a pension bailout?

Why the No Pension Bailout project matters

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

Our reaction to Gov. Walker’s victory in Wisconsin

FAQ: How the federal scholarship program would help Illinois students

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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