Illinois Policy Institute
Recent News About Illinois Policy Institute
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Legislation to stifle right-to-work laws 'undemocratic,' labor expert says
Mailee Smith says she’s studied thousands of criminal bills and still hasn’t found one quite like Senate Bill 1905.
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Illinois needs outsiders to repair inside of flawed system, former Rauner official says
Illinois taxpayers are footing the bill for a system flawed beyond any internal solutions, a former state government insider claims.
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Illinois keeps losing jobs, and residents follow
Illinois isn't pulling its weight when it comes to employment.
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Consolidation called simple math way to cut Illinois school costs
The evidence-based school funding formula recently adopted in Illinois will drive up costs without the corresponding gains in student performance promised by many school officials and lawmakers, education experts say.
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Chief of Staff Rasmussen quits Rauner Administration
Kristina Rasmussen has resigned from her post as Governor Bruce Rauner's Chief of Staff, one week after Rauner signed a bill to force Illinois taxpayers to fund abortions.
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Policy institute says there's more for almost every school under Rauner's funding plan
The Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) has vindicated Gov. Bruce Rauner’s changes to the state's public school funding bill, Ted Dabrowski of the Illinois Policy Institute contended recently.
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Illinois Policy Institute readies pointed analysis of Rauner's school funding veto benefits
The Illinois Policy Institute is preparing a report to offer a “more robust” analysis of how 97 percent of Illinois' public school districts would receive more state funding under Gov. Bruce Rauner’s amendatory veto of Senate Bill 1, the state's K-12 funding measure.
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Stanford analyst: Illinois school funding changes won't improve student performance
The evidence-based school funding formula Illinois will adopt once the Legislature and Gov. Bruce Rauner finally agree on the particulars in Senate Bill 1 brings with it only one guarantee: Taxpayers will pay billions more for an input-driven formula that has no proven track record of success, one analyst said recently.
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Policy institute backs Rauner's veto of school funding bill
Gov. Bruce Rauner's amendatory veto of the state's public education funding bill would finally eliminate "some of the most unfair and inequitable practices" in K-12 funding: subsidies brought about by tax increment financing (TIF) districts and the state's Property Tax Extension Limitation Law (PTELL), the Illinois Policy Institute contends.