Blue Pacheco-Cornejo
Blue Pacheco-Cornejo
"“With all the student-athletes I work with, my goal is to get them to understand the importance of using that work ethic in everything; not just basketball."
Poverty 4X higher for Chicago high school dropouts than college grads
Poverty 4X higher for Chicago high school dropouts than college grads
Poverty rates in Chicago drop with each level of educational attainment. Chicagoans without a high school diploma face poverty rates more than four times higher than those with bachelor’s degrees.
The Policy Shop: Brandon Johnson’s public safety shell game
The Policy Shop: Brandon Johnson’s public safety shell game
This edition of The Policy Shop is by writer Patrick Andriesen. Here’s a thought: Violent crimes are surging in Chicago and sending businesses packing, so let’s cut the number of cops on the street. That’s some brilliant, progressive thinking, right? Two Illinois Policy Institute reports this week highlighted Chicago’s crime problems, problems 66% of voters...
Teachers unions’ little Christmas helpers
Teachers unions’ little Christmas helpers
Chicago car thefts at 11-year high in 2023 before year’s over
Chicago car thefts at 11-year high in 2023 before year’s over
Chicago set an 11-year record for car thefts with months still to go in 2023. Nearly 25,000 drivers through October failed to find their vehicles where they’d left them.
5 jobs Illinois imposes heaviest licensing burdens on
5 jobs Illinois imposes heaviest licensing burdens on
Employment is the clearest path out of poverty, but these five low-income professions face more occupational licensing burdens than others in Illinois.
Carjackings more than double in Chicago from 5 years ago
Carjackings more than double in Chicago from 5 years ago
In a single year, one Chicago neighborhood saw about 1 of every 250 residents carjacked. Carjackings citywide more than doubled in five years.
Vallas: Fewer cops is how mayor plans to make Chicago safer?
Vallas: Fewer cops is how mayor plans to make Chicago safer?
The Johnson administration is playing a shell game on public safety. They’re likely hiring civilians for administrative positions to free up officers at local police districts, yet they’re eliminating more than double the amount of police positions currently vacant.
Christmas 2023: The Grinches of Illinois
Christmas 2023: The Grinches of Illinois
Illinois’ excessive job licensing keeps Chicagoans in poverty
Illinois’ excessive job licensing keeps Chicagoans in poverty
Occupational licensing is more burdensome in Illinois than in neighboring states for many professions. Those barriers are unreasonably keeping poor Illinoisans and Chicagoans from finding work.
The Policy Shop: New jobs solve poverty faster than new taxes
The Policy Shop: New jobs solve poverty faster than new taxes
This edition of The Policy Shop is by Head of Policy Josh Bandoch. Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson wants to help the homeless, but his plan for doing so likely involves creating more homeless people who will need help. More people to help requires more government. That requires more taxes. More taxes mean fewer businesses and...
Dr. Eddie Kornegay joins the Center for Poverty Solutions as executive director
Dr. Eddie Kornegay joins the Center for Poverty Solutions as executive director
Kornegay will lead the center’s outreach and partnership programs aimed at reducing Chicago poverty levels
Illinois licensing makes escaping poverty harder than in other Midwestern states
Illinois licensing makes escaping poverty harder than in other Midwestern states
Illinois could make it easier to escape poverty by letting more people work without first getting a license. Six neighboring states do a better job of easing occupational licensing on low-income professions.
Valentina Marieyah Pacheco-Cornejo
Valentina Marieyah Pacheco-Cornejo
“We want to be a role model. We hope that others will do the same through development to uplift and restore our communities to what they were.”