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Motorists get no relief from periodic efforts to eliminate Illinois' toll system, IPI reports
The prospect of Illinois' tollways becoming “freeways” has proven to be an agonizingly slow process that still has not come close to fruition.
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Panel of experts discusses Illinois pension reform
The City Club of Chicago held a panel last week to discuss the state's pension crisis and how to fix it.
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Orland Park trustee urges transparency of true cost of pension contributions during budget negotiations
Some pensions offer retirees a far sweeter pot upon retirement than the workers paid into while they were working—especially if you’re a government worker in the state of Illinois.
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IPI analysis suggests Illinois is on financial brink
According to an analysis by the Illinois Policy Institute, the state's' fragile economy could be facing a perfect storm as the 2020 election season approaches.
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IPI report illustrates just how unsustainable are Illinois' broken pension systems
Over the last 30 days, Illinois’ already overtaxed state-run pension systems have added at least 651 retired government workers that are projected to average $1.3 million in lifetime pension benefits, according to an Illinois Policy Institute (IPI) report.
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Illinois Policy: Declining home values, rising property taxes amount to a shrinking population
The hits keep on coming for Illinois homeowners. Even as residents across the state still struggle to fully recover from the last housing-market crash, property tax bills have continued to spiral upward, soaring by an average of 9 percent over the last decade after adjusting for inflation.
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Illinois Policy Institute's July forecast: Continued tax hikes and costly conditions on the roads
Illinois Policy Institute (IPI) estimates that the $45 billion infrastructure plan Gov. J.B. Pritzker recently signed into law will mean hundreds of dollars more in annual car costs for most Illinois motorists by virtue of the state’s gas tax doubling to 38 cents, and vehicle registration fees jumping to $148 as of July 1.
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Illinois Policy Institute CEO says voters may reject 'fair tax' in 2020
Illinois Policy Institute CEO John Tillman said voters in the state will likely reject the graduated income tax amendment added to the November 2020 ballot.
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Democrats' tactics every bit as devious as the tax proposals party is pushing, critics charge
Democrats have proved relentless in their dogged push to get Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s proposed progressive income tax amendment to the finish line.
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Heartland Institute: progressive income tax would only worsen state’s budget problems
In a recent article critical of a proposed move to a progressive income tax, the Heartland Institute’s Matthew Glans and Lennie Jarratt point out that one of the arguments for the tax is an empty one: revenues the state has been collecting through the current flat tax are among the most robust in the Midwest.
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Opinions differ on raising state's gas tax
Lawmakers were urged this week to raise the gas tax in Illinois to help fund a proposed capital bill for the state and fix deteriorating roads and bridges.
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Federal probe into Pritzker's 'scheme to defraud' could land him in unfortunate company, IPI reports
With news that he is now under federal review, newly elected Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker finds himself in dubious company.
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Pritzker's 'fair tax' plan includes provisions for additional taxes on income, IPI reports
Language in the constitutional amendment proposed by Gov. J.B. Pritzker as part of his graduated income tax could leave Illinoisans on the hook for additional taxes, claim critics of the plan.
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IPI claims that Pritzker's progressive tax plan fails to address state's biggest cost drivers
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has a lot more work ahead of him than just getting his much-promoted graduated income tax proposal across the finish line, according to at least one organization that is fearful about the state's future.
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Pritzker introduces Fair Tax Calculator to push agenda; numbers still not adding up for critics
Gov. J.B. Pritzker held a press conference Tuesday to announce the launch of his graduated income-tax calculator.
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Illinois Policy Institute does the math, finds that Pritzker's progressive-tax plan does not add up
Nothing about Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s proposed “fair tax” proposal strikes Illinois Policy Institute (IPI) analysts as being just.
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Coming up short: Illinois Policy Institute picks apart Pritzker's 'false promise'
An Illinois Policy Institute (IPI) review finds Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s new progressive-tax plan might not be everything it’s being promoted to be.
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Pritzker's proposed tax on MCOs would hurt Illinois, Conservative tax expert says
Health care premiums and costs will go up if Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker's idea to slap a tax on Managed Care Organizations (MCOs) sees the light of day, a tax expert with a Chicago-based Conservative think tank said during a recent interview.
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Progressive income tax in Illinois will be defeated again, IPI CEO says
After years of trying -- and failing -- to replace Illinois’ flat income tax with a progressive income tax, a constitutional amendment in the state Senate is marking yet another attempt, said the founder of a Chicago-based conservative think tank in a recent newsletter.
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From DuPage Policy Journal
Only 3 other states, District of Columbia have $15 minimum wage
If a current Senate bill clears the House and is signed into law, Illinois will join three other states and the District of Columbia in soon paying a minimum wage of $15 per hour.