Illinois Policy Institute
Recent News About Illinois Policy Institute
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Policy pro says 401(k) plans can help address state's mounting pension woes
Illinois should look to an existing 401(k)-style retirement plan to begin addressing its pension crisis and give state workers more surety over their futures, Ted Dabrowski, vice president of policy for the Illinois Policy Institute, suggested recently.
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Progressive tax no way forward for Illinois, tax expert argues
Ted Dabrowski says he knows how to become the governor of Illinois next year.
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Tax hike no cure for what's ailing Illinois, tax expert maintains
Illinois legislators decided to apply a bandage in the form of a tax hike to the deadly wound Illinois has sustained in the form of debt, Michael Lucci contends.
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More taxes are easy; real reform is hard, policy pro argues
Illinois might be in awful shape, but raising taxes is not the way to make it healthy again, Ted Dabrowski, vice president of policy of the Illinois Policy Institute, told the Sangamon Sun recently.
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Policy institute exec joins Rauner in crusade to save taxpayers
Gov. Bruce Rauner is bringing in a "champion" to fight for Illinoisans.
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Rauner replaces Chief of Staff Goldberg with Illinois Policy's Rasmussen
Governor Bruce Rauner has fired his Chief of Staff Richard Goldberg and replaced him with Illinois Policy Institute President Kristina Rasmussen.
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Policy writer argues budget plan has no solutions for Illinois
Austin Berg sees nothing to celebrate in the recent House passage of a state budget plan.
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Policy expert describes seven major faults in GOP budget proposal
"Illinoisans don’t need a compromise deal that will only offer more of the same failures" -- so says Craig Lesner, the budget and tax research director of the Illinois Policy Institute, in describing the recently put forward Republican budget plan.
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Analyst says Illinois struggling with Great Depression-like joblessness, hopelessness
Illinois makes the Great Depression look like a promising economic time in terms of job growth, according to the Illinois Policy Institute.
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Illinois held down by economic, moral decay, analyst says
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.
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IIlinois sinks to near-junk bond status in eyes of two agencies
One day after the General Assembly ended its spring legislative session, lllinois sank to new depths, as two of the three major U.S. credit rating agencies dropped the state to one step above "junk" bond status, the Illinois Policy Institute reported.
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Tax hike without reform described as potential repeat of last state fiasco
Those who do not remember where a lack of reform leads seem compelled to raise taxes, Michael Lucci argued recently.
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To change Illinois, change its constitution, lawyer says
Reforming the Illinois Constitution and making sure the right people are in power to put the state on a fiscally responsible path is the way to securing a bright future, according to Jacob Huebert, a senior attorney at the Liberty Justice Center.
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Overtaxed Illinoisans also seeing nation's smallest growth in personal income
Illinois’ average personal income growth since the Great Recession is tied with Nevada for the worst in the country, according to data from Pew Charitable Trusts published on the Illinois Policy Institute website recently.
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All play and no work -- yet legislators still draw paychecks, policy pro argues
Lawmakers have spent very little time in their seats, but at least they got to have play time, Austin Berg wrote on the Illinois Policy Institute website recently.
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Madigan will run for fifth term as attorney general, group says
Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan will seek an unprecedented fifth term next year, according to the Illinois Policy Institute.
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Handful of bills described as handouts to banks
Bailing out bankers and encouraging broke municipalities to borrow beyond their means is no way to unburden Illinoisans, the conservative-leaning lllinois Policy Institute argued recently.
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Tax analyst: Illinoisans crushed under weight of sales, income, property taxes
Illinoisans pay more in total taxes than anyone else in the nation, so any thoughts about adding to that burden need to be forgotten, a tax analyst argued recently.
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Illinois Policy Institute issues state budget guidelines
The Illinois Policy Institute is raising concern about the state’s budget, and reports that “many no longer care what’s in the budget. They just want to pass ‘something’ so they can go home and tell their constituents and local media that ‘the impasse is over.’”
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Illinois reportedly spends nearly half of its education dollars on pensions
The state of Illinois spends more on its students than other Midwest states according to an analysis and report from the Illinois Policy Institute.