Quinn 2011 Budget: Hire More State Employees

03/10/2010

Illinois is facing billions in unpaid bills, yet Governor Quinn is proposing to add to the number of employees on the state's payroll.

Turning the Tables on Quinn’s Tax Hike: What Should Be Cut from Family Budgets?

03/10/2010

Here is a chart that breaks down household spending of the average Midwestern household by category. We ask Governor Quinn and would-be tax hike supporters: What should families cut from their household budgets to make room for higher tax bills?

Kristina Rasmussen’s Testimony on Medicaid Transparency

03/04/2010

On March 4, Kristina Rasmussen testified before the Illinois House of Representatives Family & Children Services Committee about Medicaid transparency.

Gov. Quinn’s Budget Transparency?

02/10/2010

State budget transparency on the way?

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.

Gov. Quinns Budget Transparency?

01/31/2010

State budget transparency on the way?

Time for Medicaid Transparency

01/31/2010

It's time to use technology to ensure that Medicaid claims data can be used by the state and the public to drive cost savings and better health outcomes.

The Issue Is the Issue

01/25/2010

Can we cut the spin and get to what matters? Can Quinn govern? Can Dorothy Brown run a county?

Put Preschool in Time Out

01/14/2010

A federal government study says the (federal) Head Start program isn't working.

Ten Ways to Balance the Budget Without Tax Hikes

By Chris Andriesen

06/04/2009

Governor Pat Quinn claims that $3.2 billion in new personal and corporate income tax receipts are necessary to put Illinois’s budget back in the black. In a down economy, however, the last thing that families and businesses need to worry about is the dangling noose of higher taxes. The Illinois Policy Institute recently released an...

Pat Quinn

Quinn 2011 Budget: Hire More State Employees

Turning the Tables on Quinn’s Tax Hike: What Should Be Cut from Family Budgets?

Kristina Rasmussen’s Testimony on Medicaid Transparency

Gov. Quinn’s Budget Transparency?

Kristina Rasmussen’s Testimony on Illinois Budget

Gov. Quinns Budget Transparency?

Time for Medicaid Transparency

The Issue Is the Issue

Put Preschool in Time Out

Ten Ways to Balance the Budget Without Tax Hikes

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

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