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Illinois finishes 3rd worst in new state-by-state domestic migration study
Illinois’ population dropped by 104,437 from 2021 to 2022, a reduction of 0.82%, according to a study from the website Wirepoints that is based on new data released this month by the U.S. Census Bureau.
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Illinois ranked 48th in new domestic migration analysis among states
Illinois finished near the bottom of a new ranking by the website Wirepoints measuring migration gains and losses among the states based on the latest data from the Internal Revenue Service.
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Wirepoints claims bill is proof that ISBE, governor cannot enforce COVID mandates
Government watchdog Wirepoints says a recently introduced bill shows that Democratic lawmakers don't believe Gov. J.B. Pritzker has the authority to enforce his school masking mandate.
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Illinois lost $6 billion in 2019 due to migration, study finds
The collective wealth of Illinois residents decreased $6 billion in 2019 due to population migration trends, according to a new analysis of Internal Revenue Service data by the nonprofit Wirepoints website.
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Wirepoints finds that while education spending increased, student achievement flatlined
Educational spending per student in Illinois grew by a rate nearly two times that of the national average over a 12-year period, according to a new Wirepoints analysis.
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Wirepoints' Dabrowski on Pritzker proposal to slash scholarship program: Constituents 'like that they've gotten out of public schools'
Gov. J.B. Pritzker appears willing to risk the educational opportunities available to Illinois' underprivileged youth in exchange of millions in extra tax revenue, at the dismay of many critics.
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Dabrowski disappointed in Pritzker's broken fair-map promise: 'I think he's missing in action'
Many are questioning how much Gov. Pritzker's promises are worth after he about-faced on a campaign promise to veto any redistricting map drawn by politicians this year.
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Dabrowski blasts governor's COVID-19 response: 'There is no data being presented that justifies it'
Wirepoints President Ted Dabrowski wonders if Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s understands the depths of the damage he’s doing to Illinois with his COVID-19 edicts.