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Jump in inflation bails out Illinois politicians, punishes ordinary residents

OCTOBER 22, 2021 | WIREPOINTS

City of Chicago 2022 budget up nearly 60 percent over pre-COVID 2019 as Lightfoot set to implement ‘equity’ agenda

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021 | WIREPOINTS

State can thank federal relief for credit-rating upgrade

JULY 12, 2021 | THE NEWS-GAZETTE (ILLINOIS)

Illinois gets its first credit upgrade in 20 years, thanks to $138 billion in federal relief

JULY 6, 2021 | CHICAGO TRIBUNE

Illinois gets first credit upgrade in 20 years. It took $138 billion in federal relief for it to happen

JULY 1, 2021 | WIREPOINTS

The special interest smorgasbord inside Illinois lawmakers’ 800+ page green energy behemoth

JUNE 18, 2021 | WIREPOINTS

Illinois 2022 budget: The state’s financial cliff will be waiting after the federal largesse runs out

JUNE 3, 2021 | WIREPOINTS

Illinois lawmakers want to cement union powers into the state constitution

MAY 25, 2021 | WIREPOINTS

Spin it how you want, but the 2020 US Census numbers were horrible for Illinois

APRIL 30, 2021 | WIREPOINTS

Pop quiz: Name the three whoppers by Pritzker, Harmon and Welch contained in these two sentences they wrote

APRIL 16, 2021 | WIREPOINTS

How much will your city get from Illinois’ share of the Biden stimulus and how will they spend it?

APRIL 13, 2021 | WIREPOINTS (ILLINOIS)

Illinois pension costs will devour a quarter of state budget for 25 more years, and that’s the rosy scenario

JULY 6, 2020 | WIREPOINTS ILLINOIS NEWS

Bond market trades Illinois like it’s already junk

APRIL 21, 2020 | WIREPOINTS ILLINOIS NEWS

Pritzker’s 2021 Illinois budget: Unbalanced. No reforms. And, of course, more tax hikes

FEBRUARY 20, 2020 | WIREPOINTS ILLINOIS NEWS

Why an aging and shrinking Illinois is a threat to public sector pensions

JANUARY 14, 2020 | WIREPOINTS ILLINOIS NEWS

Illinois owes $68 billion in health benefits to government officials

DECEMBER 12, 2019 | WIREPOINTS ILLINOIS NEWS

Lightfoot’s budget won’t stop Chicago’s downward spiral

OCTOBER 24, 2019 | WIREPOINTS ILLINOIS NEWS

Third domino falls: Illinois Comptroller set to confiscate East St. Louis revenues to pay for city’s firefighter pensions

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019 | WIREPOINTS ILLINOIS NEWS

Why some Illinois Republicans are making the wrong argument against a progressive income tax

MAY 20, 2019 | WIREPOINTS

Mission impossible: Moody’s requirements for a ‘credit positive’ progressive tax scheme in Illinois

MAY 13, 2019 | WIREPOINTS

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