Illinois Policy
Recent News About Illinois Policy
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Illinois Policy: ‘Amendment 1 will carry the weight of the constitution, allowing government unions to override state laws’
Critics of Amendment 1 are warning the proposed change in the Illinois Constitution would result in a vast overhaul of the state's regulatory environment in favor of unions.
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Op-Ed: Will Illinois voters grant government union bosses more power than elected officials?
In a little over a year, Illinois voters will make two major decisions at the ballot box: First, who will be their next governor? Second, and more importantly, how much power will they hand over to public-sector unions?
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Illinois Policy's Schuster on state pension fund: 'You're stable or you're not, and our pensions are not'
Adam Schuster, senior director of budget and tax research for Illinois Policy, disagrees with a recent Pew Charitable Trusts report that says pension funds in Illinois are stable.
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Illinois Policy's Hill: State's 'recovery continues to fall further behind the rest of the nation'
Topping 7%, Illinois’ unemployment rate still stands nearly 2% higher than the national rate, prompting concerns from many across the state.
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What a progressive income tax could mean for Illinois’ middle class
This November, Gov. J.B. Pritzker hopes to convince voters to do away with the state’s current flat-rate tax structure and adopt progressive rates that require higher earners to bear a larger portion of the tax burden. However, a closer look at how some states that adopted progressive tax rates have fared in recent years is a clear indication of what lies ahead for Illinois should taxpayers vote in favor of progressive tax rates later this year.
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Illinois more in the red today versus 2011
Eight years after lawmakers approved the first of two large state income tax hikes, a new analysis shows Illinois' net position deficit quadrupled to $189.1 billion in 2018 from $43.6 billion in 2011.
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State spending 36 percent of money allocated for education on pension costs
Illinois Policy recently released a new study detailing how pension costs are negatively impacting budgets throughout the state’s school districts.