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The Illinois Policy Institute (IPI) is a free market nonprofit think tank based in Chicago. [2] Founded in 2002, it is active in the areas of education policy, pension policy, and state budget issues. [3] IPI advocates for smaller government and lower taxes. [4] [5] It has an affiliated lobbying arm and legal arm. [4]
Chicago’s classrooms average 1 in 3 empty seats. The worst is Douglass Academy High School, where it cost $93,787 last year to educate each of the 35 students in a building designed to hold ...
John Tillman is a conservative activist who runs the Illinois Policy Institute (IPI), a libertarian think tank, and the American Culture Project, which seeks to advance Republican Party interests. [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
(The Center Square) – An analysis of data from the U.S. Department of Justice found on average more than one Illinois public servant was convicted every week between 1983 and 2023. As longtime ...
Proft is a co-founder of the Illinois Opportunity Project, a 501(c)(4) organization that promotes free-market public policy solutions. [8] After helping Cicero, Illinois' town president win a close election, Proft received no-bid contracts worth $578,000 a year to serve as the spokesman for the town and two local school districts. The town also ...
According to an Illinois Auditor General report, it was found that over 100 state boards in Illinois were inactive, and 28% of active boards failed to meet the minimum number of times. Re
The Illinois Policy Institute, a conservative think tank, estimated that the state would need to increase people's income tax from 3.75 to 5.5 percent in order to make up for Madigan's budget gap. The think tank estimated that the increase would amount to around $1,000 on average per family in Illinois.
[94] [106] The Illinois Policy Institute, a libertarian think tank, points to the amendment's removal of the provision that the state may only impose one tax on income and argues that legislators will be able to impose additional or special taxes on top of the regular income tax. [107]