Despite Obama re-election, many states will still opt out of ObamaCare

By Jonathan Ingram

11/07/2012

With a second term now secure for President Barack Obama, states will need to decide whether they should opt-in to ObamaCare’s massive expansion of Medicaid. A Supreme Court decision earlier this year gave states the choice of whether to opt-in or not. So far, just nine states have committed to implementing the expansion. Leaders from most states,...

Election yields Democratic supermajorities in Illinois General Assembly

By Matt Paprocki

11/07/2012

After yesterday’s election, Democrats will have a supermajority in both the Illinois House and Senate after inauguration on Jan. 8, 2013. Senate Democrats picked up five seats and will have 40 seats in January – Senate Republicans will control only 19 seats. Illinois House Republicans lost seven seats yesterday, and House Speaker Michael Madigan will...

Doctors turning away Medicaid patients

By Jonathan Ingram

10/12/2012

Illinois knows first-hand how well-intentioned Medicaid expansions bust budgets and worsen care for the very people Medicaid was meant to protect. Ballooning enrollment has forced the state to turn to low reimbursement rates and long payment delays to make ends meet. It’s no surprise that more and more doctors are being forced to turn away...

TAGS: ACA: Affordable Care Act, health insurance, Medicaid

Progressive income tax: Money grab disguised as tax reform

By Lawrence McQuillan

10/10/2012

The problem In an interview with Huffington Post, Gov. Pat Quinn said that Illinois needs a progressive income tax.1 “That’s one of my goals before I stop breathing and I sure hope we can get that done in Illinois. Sooner rather than later,” he told the interviewer. The same forces that helped Quinn land the...

Media Roundup: No Pension Bailout

10/03/2012

See what they're saying about the No Pension Bailout project.

Institute in Pensions and Investments: Republicans build up, then fight, issue of bailouts for pension funds

10/01/2012

Concern over underfunding of both public and corporate pension plans has Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, his party and other conservatives making a pre-emptive strike against the idea of federal government bailouts.

Institute on FoxNews.com: DeMint joins national effort to keep feds from bailing out state pensions

09/30/2012

Illinois Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn is getting hit with a nationwide backlash over his suggestion that the federal government bail out the state employees

New JEC report shows why spendthrift states need structural reform, not a bailout

09/26/2012

A new report by the Joint Economic Committee, or JEC, provides even more evidence that the federal government should never bail out state pension debt. Here are just a few of their findings.

Four state lawmakers to file legislation to increase charters, opportunity scholarships

09/13/2012

As Chicago Teachers Union members strike, hundreds of thousands of Chicago kids are on the street.

“We are Democrats”

By Paul Kersey

09/07/2012

This will hardly come as news to most readers of this blog, but an occasional reminder is still useful: the ties between unions and the Democratic Party are numerous and strong. That goes for the Chicago Teachers Union and the administration with which they are bargaining. As Randi Weingarten, the head of the CTU’s parent...

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Despite Obama re-election, many states will still opt out of ObamaCare

Election yields Democratic supermajorities in Illinois General Assembly

Doctors turning away Medicaid patients

Progressive income tax: Money grab disguised as tax reform

Media Roundup: No Pension Bailout

Institute in Pensions and Investments: Republicans build up, then fight, issue of bailouts for pension funds

Institute on FoxNews.com: DeMint joins national effort to keep feds from bailing out state pensions

New JEC report shows why spendthrift states need structural reform, not a bailout

Four state lawmakers to file legislation to increase charters, opportunity scholarships

“We are Democrats”

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

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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