Chicago Forward 2026: A pro-growth plan to end city budget deficits
Chicago’s $1.15 billion projected budget gap is the latest in a decades-long string of structural deficits. Making Chicago’s high taxes worse is not the solution.
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An Illinois workers’ compensation system for the 21st century
The state of Illinois has one of the oldest workers’ compensation systems in America, dating to 1911.
The debt never paid: Re-entry reforms for Illinois
How to reform a broken criminal-justice system that prevents ex-offenders from achieving self-sufficiency
Growing out of control: Property taxes put increasing burden on Illinois taxpayers
Property taxes are the single largest tax in Illinois, burdening residents far more than either income or sales taxes. Illinoisans already know they pay high property taxes. But what is not as well known is that property taxes are outpacing residents’ ability to pay for them. Over the past 50 years, whether measured in comparison...
Illinois lost 1 resident and $50,000 in taxable income every 7 minutes in 2013
Newly released IRS data show Illinois lost on net over 81,000 taxpayers and their dependents, and $4.1 billion of annual taxable income to other states in 2013.
Making Illinois smart on crime: First steps to reduce spending, ease offender re-entry and enhance public safety
First steps to reduce spending, ease offender re-entry and enhance public safety
An economic profile of Right-to-Work states
Illinois’ economy is floundering, and conditions will get worse without decisive action.
U.S. payrolls impress, employment growth disappoints and Illinois drags behind
Had Illinois managed the recession and recovery on par with the rest of the U.S., there would be an additional 300,000 Illinoisans working today, and an additional 220,000 payroll jobs.
Tennessee votes to ban income taxation, Illinois should do the same
Over the last 15 years, Illinois has lost a net of 282,827 people and more than $14 billion in annual income to zero-income-tax states.
