Ted joined Amy Jacobson and Jim Iuorio to sound the alarm on the latest economic developments in Illinois—warning that recent wage mandates and tax policies may deepen the state’s financial and civic challenges.
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- New Illinois law makes it tougher for voters to block school district borrowings/tax hikes. Effingham good example.
- What New York City’s near-bankruptcy can teach Chicagoans…attend “Drop Dead City” documentary screening on July 1
- One reason, in one image, for Chicago’s apartment shortage and high rents
- How to destroy a state: swap out the wealthy for illegal immigrants
New Trier High School made national headlines nine years ago as a “canary in a coal mine” for political indoctrination in public schools. The canaries lived.
Among the consequences of economic growth that badly lags national averages are billions of lost revenue every year. Yet denial reigns in Illinois, fueling the vicious cycle of demand for higher taxes.