Fact-checking Rahm: Mayor deflects attention as Chicago shrinks

By Madelyn Harwood

06/03/2017

Despite Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s spin, residents are fleeing Chicago, showing they feel they are better off elsewhere.

TAGS: Chicago, outmigration, population, Rahm Emanuel, uhaul

Illinois’ youth problem: More millennials left Illinois than any other age demographic from 2011 through 2014

By Madelyn Harwood

05/17/2017

By fixing cost drivers, decreasing the cost of doing business in Illinois, and easing the tax burden, Illinois can encourage jobs growth and stand a better chance at attracting and retaining younger people.

U-Haul prices reveal high demand to get out of Illinois

By Michael Lucci

05/10/2017

Illinois had a record loss of 114,000 residents to other states in 2016.

TAGS: outmigration, population, uhaul

How Illinois can prepare for the Trump tax reforms

By Michael Lucci

05/03/2017

Local lawmakers should consider Trump’s plan and position the state to thrive under federal changes.

TAGS: corporate income tax, Donald Trump, income tax, property taxes

Illinois has highest combined sales tax burden in Midwest, seventh-highest in U.S.

By Brendan Bakala

02/02/2017

Illinois politicians burden the state’s residents with the highest combined state and average local sales tax rate in the Midwest, along with numerous other taxes and fees.

TAGS: sales tax, taxes

Illinois lost 80,000 millennials between 2011-2015

By Madelyn Harwood

11/22/2016

Millennial out-migration from the Land of Lincoln is worse than all its neighboring states.

TAGS: millennials, outmigration, U.S. Census Bureau

Asset forfeiture in Illinois: What it is, where it happens, and reforms the state needs

By Ben Ruddell, Bryant Jackson-Green

11/16/2016

Most people expect Illinois law enforcement to defend the private property of Illinois residents. As long as you obey the law, your life, liberty and property should be secure from the law – or so common sense would suggest. Yet, every year, Illinois law enforcement agencies take tens of millions of dollars in cash, vehicles,...

Tobacco maker plans to leave Illinois

By Brendan Bakala

10/28/2016

Altria announces plant closures in Illinois and Pennsylvania.

TAGS: jobs, manufacturing, right to work, unemployment, unions

July corruption watch

08/04/2016

Chicago leads the way in numerous corruption headlines yet again.

TAGS: Chicago, corruption, good government

Illinois tax code favors corporate farms over family farms

By Michael Lucci

08/02/2016

While neighboring states are making themselves friendlier for farmers, Illinois keeps its unfair death tax in place.

TAGS: agriculture, death tax, estate tax, taxes

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Fact-checking Rahm: Mayor deflects attention as Chicago shrinks

Illinois’ youth problem: More millennials left Illinois than any other age demographic from 2011 through 2014

U-Haul prices reveal high demand to get out of Illinois

How Illinois can prepare for the Trump tax reforms

Illinois has highest combined sales tax burden in Midwest, seventh-highest in U.S.

Illinois lost 80,000 millennials between 2011-2015

Asset forfeiture in Illinois: What it is, where it happens, and reforms the state needs

Tobacco maker plans to leave Illinois

July corruption watch

Illinois tax code favors corporate farms over family farms

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

CBS Chicago: Illinois’ highest-paid superintendent receives $400K per year to oversee 1,200 students