NR PLUS Fiscal Policy

Illinois Democrats Are Gaming the Tax System for Short-Term Political Gain

By Adam Schuster April 19, 2022

Instead of addressing the state’s problems, lawmakers are hoping voters can be bribed into ignoring years of harmful tax hikes and unbalanced budgets.

NR PLUS Fiscal Policy

Federal Bailouts Won’t Save Lightfoot’s Sinking Chicago

By Adam Schuster October 19, 2021

Chicago is adding to its deficit even as it receives a federal bailout.

Politics & Policy

Illinois Democrats’ Gerrymandering Is a Partisan Disgrace

By Adam Schuster September 25, 2021

By manipulating electoral maps to preserve their own majority, lawmakers in Springfield deprive voters of meaningful choice at the polls.

Fiscal Policy

Governor Pritzker to Low-Income Students and Families: Loopholes for Me, but Not for Thee

By Adam Schuster May 27, 2021

Reducing scholarships for disadvantaged students is wrong — especially from a governor pushing a loophole that would line his own pockets.

Fiscal Policy

An Unbalanced Approach to Budgeting in Illinois

By Adam Schuster March 5, 2021

After a year of economic hardship, Illinois’ Governor Pritzker wants to balance the state budget on the backs of the business community.

NR PLUS Economy & Business

Tiers and Fears: Illinois Is Ground Zero for the Public-Sector Pension Crisis

By Adam Schuster December 2, 2020

Hundreds of billions of dollars in pension debt are dragging residents — and government at every level — under water.

Fiscal Policy

Illinois’s Proposed ‘Fair Tax’ Gets Its Just Deserts

By Adam Schuster November 12, 2020

Voters finally drew a line to reject this progressive income tax. But Governor Pritzker is still not getting the message.