Illinois’ average personal income growth since the Great Recession is tied with Nevada for the worst in the country, according to data from the Pew Charitable Trusts recently published on the Illinois Policy Institute website.
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While every state around it continues to grow in population and prosperity, Illinois keeps shrinking under the strain of higher taxes and more regulations, Michael Lucci, vice president of policy for the Illinois Policy Institute, said in an article on the institute's website.
Gov. Bruce Rauner has fired his Chief of Staff Richard Goldberg and replaced him with Illinois Policy Institute President Kristina Rasmussen.
Gov. Bruce Rauner is bringing in a "champion" to fight for Illinoisans.
Gov. Bruce Rauner recently added several key communication personnel to his team, further shaking up his staff following a major political defeat when the Illinois General Assembly overrode his vetoes on a budget and spending plan.
Dr. Jay Kinzler made up his mind to run for a House seat after watching friends and families suffer under Illinois' tax burden.
Tonia Khouri thinks the reasons Illinois is in such desperate need for pension reform are almost too many to count.
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.
Republican state Rep. Amy Grant (Wheaton) argues that small business owners in her 41st District and across the state of Illinois deserve better than what they are currently getting from Springfield.
More than 130 Illinois public school administrators who signed witness slips in opposition to a bipartisan bill that aims to consolidate Illinois school districts make six-figure salaries, according to an analysis compiled this week.
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker's proposed so-called "fair tax" plan, which he claims will cut taxes for 97 percent of state residents, will cost the typical DuPage County family about $3,500 and not resolve the state's fiscal issues, according to an Illinois Policy Institute (IPI) report.
In his Jan. 29 State of the State address, Gov. J.B. Pritzker proposed a move from a flat tax rate to a progressive one, which would require a change to the state’s constitution . He also touts an agenda that makes fiscal stability a priority.
As the simmering red-light camera debate still plays out, Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) has arrived at just one conclusion.
Conservative activist Cynthia Hopkins argues the devil is in the details when it comes to Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s progressive tax proposal.
Illinois lost more than 130,000 manufacturing sector jobs in 2019, and in DuPage County alone that amounts to 956 jobs. This was before the novel coronavirus hit but, according to the Illinois Policy Institute, this was still the nation's third worst decline in payrolls for the manufacturing industry – behind only Idaho and South Dakota.