Crowded house: Illinois’ costly prison problem
Crowded house: Illinois’ costly prison problem
Illinois spends $1.4 billion a year on overcrowded state prisons. Can the state get more for less?
Rauner signs bill stopping welfare payments for the dead
Rauner signs bill stopping welfare payments for the dead
Illinois has spent millions of dollars on the deceased in recent years.
Illinois lawmakers receive generous, life-long health insurance
Illinois lawmakers receive generous, life-long health insurance
Illinois taxpayers spent $1.23 million this past year to provide health insurance to state lawmakers.
Quote of the day, July 23
Quote of the day, July 23
Madigan-O’s
Madigan-O’s
Prison population growth driving Illinois’ corrections budget higher
Prison population growth driving Illinois’ corrections budget higher
Illinois’ prison budget grew $110 million over the last five years.
June jobs update: Illinois’ workforce shrinks by 8,300, state has nation’s worst jobs losses at -7,500
June jobs update: Illinois’ workforce shrinks by 8,300, state has nation’s worst jobs losses at -7,500
Indiana and Michigan laid the framework for a manufacturing and jobs recovery. Until politicians in the Illinois General Assembly get serious about pursuing real reforms, the state’s jobs climate with continue to decline.
What Illinois can learn from South Dakota’s innovative drunk-driving punishment
What Illinois can learn from South Dakota’s innovative drunk-driving punishment
South Dakota’s sobriety program is a good model to combat drunk driving; Illinois should adopt it.
Quote of the day, July 22
Quote of the day, July 22
Illinois politicians to receive pay raises despite Rauner efforts
Illinois politicians to receive pay raises despite Rauner efforts
Failing to pass a balanced budget is of little consequence to the state’s political class.
Hidden bill: Chicago taxpayers and the Windy City crisis
Hidden bill: Chicago taxpayers and the Windy City crisis
Each Chicago household is on the hook for more than $63,800 in future tax bills – much of it for services already rendered.
Quote of the day, July 21
Quote of the day, July 21
Illinois’ regional pain points revealed in county data on food-stamp dependency
Illinois’ regional pain points revealed in county data on food-stamp dependency
Areas of Illinois that are driven by backbone industries such as manufacturing are being hollowed out. That reality is showing up in the form of government dependence.
Quote of the day, July 20
Quote of the day, July 20