To fight COVID-19 economic harm, Illinois must delay or cancel taxes and fees where possible

By Adam Schuster

04/02/2020

Struggling businesses, individuals and families need relief while the economy is shut down. Despite Illinois’ financial woes, leaders can help the recovery by lifting government-imposed financial burdens.

TAGS: coronavirus, COVID-19, emergency, executive order, fees, JB Pritzker, progressive income tax, property taxes

Illinois should suspend, repeal hospital bed limit law to address COVID-19 crisis

By Bill Reveille

03/30/2020

Health care institutions need flexibility to prepare for infection rates that could overwhelm current hospital bed capacity.

TAGS: Certificate of Need, coronavirus, COVID-19, regulations

Illinois can spend another $10B on infrastructure without tax hikes

By Adam Schuster

05/15/2019

Illinois can do it the old way and raise taxes to deliver pork projects. Or Illinois can be smart and make each tax dollar work hard to deliver projects that help residents and the economy.

Bad budgeting basics: How Illinois’ budget process hurts taxpayers

By Adam Schuster

06/14/2018

It is time to give taxpayers and businesses the certainty they need to plan a long-term future in the state.

An Illinois workers’ compensation system for the 21st century

By Mark Adams

07/15/2016

The state of Illinois has one of the oldest workers’ compensation systems in America, dating to 1911.

Fixing Illinois’ welfare cliffs

12/29/2014

Work should, in fact, pay.

TAGS: Chicago, tax credits, welfare

The fiscal nail in the single-payer coffin

By Naomi Lopez Bauman

12/26/2014

Health-care access and affordability are important goals. But they will never be achieved with a single-payer system – and that isn’t bad news.

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

Will Congress finally live by the same set of rules under ObamaCare?

By Naomi Lopez Bauman

12/26/2014

If lawmakers begin to enter the ObamaCare exchanges themselves, it will certainly draw attention to the hypocrisy of some lawmakers who have imposed this costly law on Americans. But perhaps more importantly, it could serve as an important lever to force lawmakers to re-examine the most damaging aspects of the law.

TAGS: ACA: Affordable Care Act, health care

It’s time for taxpayers to stop paying for the Ex-Im Bank

By Bryant Jackson-Green

11/28/2014

The average American pays $6,000 in subsidies to corporations every year, but that gigantic chunk of taxpayer change simply is not enough for some special interests.

TAGS: budget, Department of the Treasury, export import bank, taxes

Illinois corruption watch, August 2014

By Brian Costin

09/05/2014

At least 84 corruption-related stories have been reported from across the state of Illinois in August alone. Atop August headlines is the recent revelation that a federal grand jury subpoenaed the emails of Gov. Pat Quinn’s ex-chief of staff in relation to Quinn’s anti-violence grant program. The case, which has been referred to by some...

TAGS: Chicago, corruption, cronyism, transparency, waste

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To fight COVID-19 economic harm, Illinois must delay or cancel taxes and fees where possible

Illinois should suspend, repeal hospital bed limit law to address COVID-19 crisis

Illinois can spend another $10B on infrastructure without tax hikes

Bad budgeting basics: How Illinois’ budget process hurts taxpayers

An Illinois workers’ compensation system for the 21st century

Fixing Illinois’ welfare cliffs

The fiscal nail in the single-payer coffin

Will Congress finally live by the same set of rules under ObamaCare?

It’s time for taxpayers to stop paying for the Ex-Im Bank

Illinois corruption watch, August 2014

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