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In 2018, Springfield handed Illinoisans more of the same repackaged policy failures. Lawmakers in the coming year should tape to their desks this wish list of taxpayer-friendly reforms.
Comment: Eric Zorn is guilty here of exactly what we wrote about Rich Miller. It’s not politically feasible so move along to something else — that’s his argument. Of course it’s not politically feasible here. No reforms are. That’s precisely the problem he should be writing about.
Gifts of leadership, direction and ethics from a couple of Democrats whose names you normally don’t see together: U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinski and Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi.
Columbus, Ohio, is firing on all cylinders—demographically, economically, and culturally
State-by-state comparisons for Illinois on taxes, spending and much more from Illinois’ Commission on Governmental Forecasting and Accountability.
Since 1996, the city of Chicago has issued 54.4 million parking tickets and collected $2.8 billion in revenue. Aside from downtown, the wards with the largest outstanding debt to the city are majority black
The state college savings plan remains closed to new investors as the financial health of the program deteriorates. It’s clear a state bailout will be needed to ensure all participants get promised benefits.
Blame whatever you want: pensions, corruption, property taxes or perpetual budget crises, but there’s no denying Illinoisans are fleeing the state. New U.S. Census data shows that Illinois’ population declined by 45,116 in 2018, a record loss for the state.
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