President Obama and Congressional leaders will receive a letter from Illinois this week. Washington is urged to not bail Illinois, or any other state, out of debt. Last May, Senator Mark Kirk introduced a resolution in the U.S. Senate to put end federal bailouts of states. His reasons were simple and clear. The Federal government...
By now, you’ve probably read the Institute’s alternate vision for Illinois. Our plan would return $7 billion to taxpayers, grow the economy and put us back on the path to prosperity. Fundamentally restructuring the state’s Medicaid program is a key part of that plan. Despite record levels of spending, the current Medicaid program is failing the...
By now, you’ve probably read the Institute’s alternate vision for Illinois. Our plan would return $7 billion to taxpayers, grow the economy and put us back on the path to prosperity. Fundamentally restructuring the state’s Medicaid program is a key part of that plan. Despite record levels of spending, the current Medicaid program is failing the...
Must Reads for March 5
This is the Illinois Policy Institute’s fourth annual alternative vision for Illinois. In this report, we’ve charted a path that significantly reduces the state’s backlog of bills without borrowing and without new taxes, while meeting its pension liabilities. In addition, the state returns billions of dollars to taxpayers by repealing the January 2011 tax hikes....
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In February, Gov. Quinn signed into law a bill allowing the City of Chicago to introduce automated speed enforcement systems (aka speed cameras) in designated safety zones. While billed as narrow in scope, the eligible areas for safety zones – within one-eighth mile of the property line of a school, college or Park District facility in Chicago – can...
Must Reads for the week of Feb. 27
Liberty Justice Center attorney Jacob Heubert was featured in a Central Illinois TV news story to discuss how the city of Bloomington is not giving Crowe a fair shot at competition.
Liberty Justice Center attorneys Jacob Heubert and Greg Bedell were featured in a Pantagraph news story about the case of Julie Crowe, a woman suing the city of Bloomington for her vehicle-for-hire license application being denied to limit competition.
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Author C.J. Maloney speaks to the Institute about his latest book, "BACK TO THE LAND: Arthurdale, FDR'S New Deal, and the Costs of Economic Planning."
The Affordable Care Act, commonly referred to as ObamaCare, permits states to establish health insurance exchanges. These exchanges will operate as new bureaucracies to oversee the purchase of government-approved health insurance. States electing to create these exchanges must comply with federal rules that will dictate virtually all aspects of the exchanges’ operations. If Illinois chooses...
The problem Illinoisans are beginning to see the dangers of another unfunded liability: free or subsidized health care for retired state workers. The state has promised, in today’s dollars, nearly $44 billion in retiree health benefits to government employees over the next thirty years. Unfortunately, it has not set aside any funds for those future...