Illinois Policy Institute
Recent News About Illinois Policy Institute
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Halbrook: 'Amendment 1 is scheduled to be on Illinois’ Nov. 8 ballot'
Rep. Brad Halbrook voiced his concerns about bringing awareness of what’ll be on the ballot in Illinois’ Nov. 8 general election.
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Rep. Miller saddened, but not shocked, by deflating new census report
Illinois state Rep. Chris Miller (R-Oakland) somberly concedes that the new data from the U.S. Census Bureau is just what he expected it would be.
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From SE Illinois News
Taxes, policy and complacency fueling the exodus, Rep. Bailey says
Illinois state Rep. Darren Bailey (R-Xenia) is more convinced than ever that Republicans will need to take drastic measures in order slow the nation's highest population loss over the last decade.
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From Macon Reporter
When it rains, it pours – New Illinois taxes may include one on precipitation
Cash-strapped Illinois taxpayers could soon be hit by yet another deluge of levies that supporters of the plan insist are imperative to keeping the state safe and above water.
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From Prairie State Wire
New session will reveal how serious Pritzker is about independent mapmaking
All eyes will be on Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker at the start of the new session to see if the Democratic leader has any intention of making good on his pledge to bring fair electoral mapmaking to the state.
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From Prairie State Wire
Illinois property taxes continue to stifle housing market, IPI reports
Housing sales in Illinois continue to lag below the national average as the state's rising property taxes have all but crippled the market.
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From Prairie State Wire
Illinois’ pension debt remains worst in the nation
Illinois’ record-setting 2017 income tax hike has done little to slow the state’s rising pension costs, leaving state taxpayers on the hook for nearly $250 billion in unfunded public pension liability.
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From Prairie State Wire
Motorists get no relief from periodic efforts to eliminate Illinois' toll system, IPI reports
The prospect of Illinois' tollways becoming “freeways” has proven to be an agonizingly slow process that still has not come close to fruition.
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From Prairie State Wire
State spending 36 percent of money allocated for education on pension costs
Illinois Policy recently released a new study detailing how pension costs are negatively impacting budgets throughout the state’s school districts.
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From Prairie State Wire
IPI report illustrates just how unsustainable are Illinois' broken pension systems
Over the last 30 days, Illinois’ already overtaxed state-run pension systems have added at least 651 retired government workers that are projected to average $1.3 million in lifetime pension benefits, according to an Illinois Policy Institute (IPI) report.
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From South Central Illinois News
Property taxes will continue to hurt home values as long as Illinois voters allow it, Wilhour says
Illinois state Rep. Blaine Wilhour (R-Effingham) points to a new Federal Housing Finance Agency report on the housing market as an example of how dangerously predictable Springfield has become.
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From SE Illinois News
IPI exposes Pritzker's $45 billion capital spending plan as being laden with 'pork-barrel projects'
Illinois state rep. Darren Bailey (R-Xenia) thinks lawmakers who knowingly or unknowingly helped Gov. J.B. Pritzker ram his new $85 billion state budget down the throats of taxpayers should pay a price, especially now that Illinois Policy Institute (IPI) is reporting that the $45 billion set aside to cover Pritzker’s Rebuild Illinois capital spending plan is riddled with up to as much as $1.25 billion in 'pork-barrel projects.'
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From South Central Illinois News
IPI confirms Wilhour's budget doubts: 'Why you don't vote on bills you don't have time to read'
Illinois state Rep. Blaine Wilhour's (R-Effingham) initial fears that taxpayers would not be getting all they were promised through the new $85 billion state budget's sweeping tax increases appear to have some merit, according to a recent Illinois Policy Institute (IPI) analysis.
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From Chambana Sun
Illinois digging its own grave with irresponsible policies and projects, cautions Rep. Halbrook
Illinois state Rep. Brad Halbrook (R-Shelbyville) wonders how long Illinois can survive with policies like the new $85 billion state budget just signed into law by Gov. J.B. Pritzker setting the tone for the way the state operates.
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2 high-paid East Central Illinois administrators oppose school efficiency bill
More than 130 Illinois public school administrators who signed witness slips in opposition to a bipartisan bill that aims to consolidate Illinois school districts make six-figure salaries, according to an analysis compiled this week.
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From Prairie State Wire
Federal probe into Pritzker's 'scheme to defraud' could land him in unfortunate company, IPI reports
With news that he is now under federal review, newly elected Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker finds himself in dubious company.
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Rep. Miller warns Southern Illinois: 'Don’t let Pritzker and Madigan dig deeper into your wallet'
Newly elected state Rep. Chris Miller (R-Oakland) isn’t holding back in voicing his opposition to Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s proposed tax increases.
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From Chambana Sun
Rep. Caulkins puts trust in 'fair tax' voters who are 'informed about all this terrible legislation'
Newly elected state Rep. Dan Caulkins (R-Decatur) is starting to feel that all the hard work of Republican lawmakers in Springfield may pay off after all.
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Waning Democratic support for Gov. Pritzker's 'fair tax' plan comes as no surprise to Rep. Miller
Illinois State Rep. Chris Miller (R-Oakland) believes that the growing number of Democratic voters voicing their reluctance to buy into Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s progressive income tax proposal are simply being honest with themselves.
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From Prairie State Wire
Coming up short: Illinois Policy Institute picks apart Pritzker's 'false promise'
An Illinois Policy Institute (IPI) review finds Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s new progressive-tax plan might not be everything it’s being promoted to be.