Leaving Illinois: One woman’s search for better opportunities in Atlanta
By Ted Dabrowski: Taxes get a lot of the blame for the exodus of Illinoisans, but for many, it’s just the sheer lack of opportunity that drives them away.
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By Ted Dabrowski: Taxes get a lot of the blame for the exodus of Illinoisans, but for many, it’s just the sheer lack of opportunity that drives them away.
Read MoreBy Austin Berg: The new budget signed by Gov. J.B. Pritzker June 6 is out of balance by up to $1.3 billion according to Institute analysis, depending again on optimism in growth forecasts.
Read MoreEditor’s note: This linked article was co-signed by these legislators: State Rep. Blaine Wilhour, R-Effingham; State Rep. Brad Halbrook, R-Shelbyville; State Rep. David McSweeney, R-Barrington Hills; State Rep. Darren Bailey, R-Xenia; State Rep, Chris…
Read MoreBy Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner: Gov. J.B. Pritzker says Illinois’ budget is balanced — it’s simply not true.
Read MoreBy Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner: Unexpectedly tucked away in Illinois’ $40 billion 2020 budget was another giveaway to the state’s teachers unions. School districts are once again more free to spike end-of-career teacher…
Read MoreBy Mark Glennon: Teachers and other public employees in Illinois’ pension systems hired after 2010 are in Tier 2, which itself is sufficient reason not to begin teaching or other public service in the…
Read MoreBy Bryce Hill: Illinois’ lost people problem spreads to more than 1,000 communities in 2018.
Read MoreThe above headline was the tagline Wirepoints used in their daily email blast regarding the list of new taxes — here was the actual headline and the opening of the article by Mark Glennon:…
Read MoreBy Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner: The average career Chicago teacher will get $2 million in total pension benefits, far more than ordinary Chicagoans.
Read MoreBy Mark Glennon, Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner: No, Mr. Durkin, you do not have the money to balance the budget. You will be short by roughly $10 billion – almost 25% of the…
Read MoreBy Ashley Herzog: Pension costs could require cutbacks in core services.
Read MoreBy Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner: A Centers for Disease Control report on the drop in births nationally has experts worried about its impact on the country’s fiscal and economic situation. Fewer young people…
Read MoreTed Dabrowski and John Klingner address Illinois property tax pains focusing in on Maine Township: Like most people, Steve Schildwachter was initially too busy to figure out why his property tax bills kept going up. For years,…
Read MoreA video from the Foundation for Economic Education: The glamour and sophistication often associated with California stands in startling difference to its reality. The Golden State, home to some of the wealthiest people in…
Read MoreBy Edward Ring: When government fails, public-sector unions win. When society fragments, public-sector unions consolidate their power.
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