Making Illinois smart on crime: First steps to reduce spending, ease offender re-entry and enhance public safety

By Bryant Jackson-Green, Dianna Muldrow, Derek Cohen

08/06/2015

First steps to reduce spending, ease offender re-entry and enhance public safety

6 reforms to address Illinois’ broken criminal-justice system

By Bryant Jackson-Green

07/23/2015

Illinois’ prison system is failing taxpayers and offenders alike. Here are six reforms to start fixing the problem.

TAGS: criminal justice reform, population

Crony chronicles: Certificates of need

By Austin Berg

05/14/2015

How an Illinois state board known mainly for corruption operates a Soviet-style system proven to fail.

From first to worst: Illinois tops nation in legislative leader experience

By Brian Costin

09/28/2014

Here’s an interesting argument against term limits: Government business is hard. That’s why we need politicians to hold office for a long time – so they can gain the experience they need to understand how to govern effectively. That’s effectively what Christopher Mooney, director of the institute of government and public affairs at the University...

TAGS: Chicago

Oklahoma pension reform: 401(k)-style plans for new state workers

05/31/2014

In a step toward meaningful pension reform, Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin signed legislation that ends the state’s traditional pension retirement system for newly hired state employees in favor of a 401(k)-style retirement plan. Teachers and state workers designated “hazardous duty” including firefighters and law enforcement officers are exempt. And the legislation does not change the...

Shrinking the Illinois Senate

By Brian Costin

10/08/2013

With 42,336 elected officials as of 1992, Illinois has nearly 12,000 more state and local elected politicians than any other state. Amazingly, with this unprecedented wealth of legislators Illinois hasn’t been able to adequately address some of its most dire problems. Illinois still ranks near the bottom of the nation in numerous key economic indicators,...

TAGS: term limits

9 states looking to cut taxes, Illinois looking to hike taxes

By Benjamin VanMetre

09/30/2013

According to Bloomberg, at least nine states are currently pitching tax cuts. In addition to the proposed $500 million tax cut by a Gov. Rick Scott in Florida, the tax cut efforts include: Republican governors Scott Walker of Wisconsin, John Kasich of Ohio, Paul LePage of Maine, Terry Branstad of Iowa, Sam Brownback of Kansas...

TAGS: fair tax, graduated income tax, income tax, progressive income tax

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

Sen. Jim DeMint: Don’t bail out state pensions

09/20/2012

Bailout of state pensions would force taxpayers in prudent states to pay for fiscal irresponsibility of Illinois, California

Institute on RedState: Don’t Bail Out Public Pensions!

09/20/2012

U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint (R-South Carolina), the Senate

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Making Illinois smart on crime: First steps to reduce spending, ease offender re-entry and enhance public safety

6 reforms to address Illinois’ broken criminal-justice system

Crony chronicles: Certificates of need

From first to worst: Illinois tops nation in legislative leader experience

Oklahoma pension reform: 401(k)-style plans for new state workers

Shrinking the Illinois Senate

9 states looking to cut taxes, Illinois looking to hike taxes

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

Sen. Jim DeMint: Don’t bail out state pensions

Institute on RedState: Don’t Bail Out Public Pensions!

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