Illinois’ low social mobility: causes and cures

01/28/2025

Published Jan. 28, 2025 Illinois Policy Institute Center for Poverty Solutions, in partnership with the Archbridge Institute By Joshua Bandoch, Ph.D., head of policy, Illinois Policy Institute and Justin Callais, Ph.D., chief economist, Archbridge Institute EXECUTIVE SUMMARY A low-income person’s ability to move up in society is worse in Illinois than in any other Midwestern...

Common-ground solutions to empower Chicago’s poor: A model for America’s cities

By Josh Bandoch

01/25/2024

Published Jan. 25, 2024

Fixing Illinois pension crisis by amending nation’s most-restrictive pension law is legal, effective

By Joe Tabor

08/17/2022

Published Aug. 17, 2022 Illinois is home to one of the worst pension crises in the country.1 At 39% funded, according to the nonpartisan Pew Charitable Trusts, Illinois has the worst pension funding ratio of any state.2 By contrast, neighboring Wisconsin’s pension system is 103% funded.3 In fiscal year 2022, Illinois’ total general funds pension...

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

Illinois’ occupational licensing laws undermine ex-offender rehabilitation

By Bryant Jackson-Green

08/03/2015

To get ex-offenders back to work and reduce crime, Illinois needs to lift restrictions on the right to earn a living.

ObamaCare brings another unwelcome Tax Day surprise for Illinoisans

By Naomi Lopez Bauman

04/14/2015

How an SEIU contract sticks Illinois taxpayers with the costs of rising premiums under ObamaCare.

TAGS: budget, taxes

An economic profile of Right-to-Work states

By Paul Kersey

01/28/2015

Illinois’ economy is floundering, and conditions will get worse without decisive action.

Illinois Corruption Watch, October 2014

By Brian Costin

11/01/2014

In October, we found 52 different stories of potential public corruption in Illinois, including a trio of stories related to the election. An Illinois Policy investigation into emails from a group of Kankakee County superintendents revealed potentially illegal activities to pass a countywide sales-tax hike for school facilities. Documents obtained suggest illegal actions by superintendents...

TAGS: good government, waste

Health insurance premiums increase across Illinois

By Bobby Shaw

07/30/2014

If you live in Illinois and have private insurance – either through your employer or purchased on your own – your premiums likely increased this year as a result of the Affordable Care Act, commonly known as ObamaCare. Instead of reducing premiums by an average of $2,500 per family as promised, ObamaCare has increased what...

4 in 10 paying more for health care in 2014

By Naomi Lopez Bauman

07/16/2014

The Obama administration’s celebrations touting the Affordable Care Act, or ACA, as a rousing success were premature. There will be little to celebrate as Americans face dramatically higher health-insurance premiums, more health policy cancellations and limited access to providers in the coming years. Now, according to a recent Gallup poll, four in 10 Americans are...

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Illinois’ low social mobility: causes and cures

Common-ground solutions to empower Chicago’s poor: A model for America’s cities

Fixing Illinois pension crisis by amending nation’s most-restrictive pension law is legal, effective

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

Illinois’ occupational licensing laws undermine ex-offender rehabilitation

ObamaCare brings another unwelcome Tax Day surprise for Illinoisans

An economic profile of Right-to-Work states

Illinois Corruption Watch, October 2014

Health insurance premiums increase across Illinois

4 in 10 paying more for health care in 2014

Chicago Forward 2026: A pro-growth plan to end city budget deficits

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Process for unionizing non-state workers raises red flags

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