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What happens when public unions control everything for decades? Just look at Chicago and Illinois

07/27/2015

The status quo has clearly failed residents in the Windy City and statewide.

Don’t hold your breath, Springfield stoppage could last until 2016

By Lara Forsythe

07/25/2015

Political incentives to come to an agreement are few and far between.

Despite Senate OKing one-month budget, Illinois no closer to a balanced budget

By Lara Forsythe

07/15/2015

Temporary, unbalanced budget now moves to the governor’s desk for approval – Rauner has said he will veto the measure.

TAGS: balanced budget requirement, debt, spending

Illinois House Democrats pass temporary budget, Senate must concur, Rauner says he won’t sign

By Darlene Senger

07/10/2015

Even if Senate Bill 2040 passes into law, it only buys the General Assembly a couple of weeks.

TAGS: budget

Who really deserves blame in Illinois’ budget impasse?

By Heather Weiner

07/09/2015

If nothing is getting done in the Capitol, voters should look first to those most capable of taking swift action: Madigan and his Democrat supermajority.

TAGS: budget, Mike Madigan

Protecting diversity, debate in Illinois depends on respecting donor privacy

06/16/2015

People who support popular opinions have little to lose from having their support for those ideas known. It’s the people who are challenging the status quo – like the NAACP during the civil-rights movement – who have to be concerned about harassment and retaliation for their views.

TAGS: donor privacy

Illinois House balks on real workers’ compensation reform

By Heather Weiner

06/07/2015

Illinois’ economy remains hamstrung by a broken system.

TAGS: Jay Hoffman, Jim Durkin, Mike Madigan, Ron Sandack, turnaround agenda, workers compensation

Amid complex budget talks, Madigan gamesmanship a constant

By Jim Long

06/01/2015

Long before his General Assembly failed to pass a balanced budget, House Speaker Mike Madigan’s spin machine was churning.

TAGS: House Speaker, Mike Madigan

Illinois Policy Action ushers in banner week for criminal-justice reform

By Heather Weiner

05/24/2015

Promoting reform from the liberty perspective brought two bills to the governor’s desk.

TAGS: criminal justice reform

Corruption Watch: April 2015

By Shawn Tonge

05/08/2015

April saw two major players in Illinois education ensnared in charges of cronyism, among more than 60 other corruption-related stories.

TAGS: good government

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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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