http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org The Illinois Policy Institute is a nonpartisan research organization dedicated to supporting free market principles and liberty-based public policy initiatives for a better Illinois. en-us http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/blog/blog.asp?ArticleSource=506 The home of Sam Adams still has it in her, it seems. http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/blog/blog.asp?ArticleSource=503 Newly launched site aims to bring more transparency to Illinois government. http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/blog/blog.asp?ArticleSource=502 http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/blog/blog.asp?ArticleSource=500 Anita Forte-Scott (R-Schaumburg) campaign steps full-heartedly onto transparency platform. http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/blog/blog.asp?ArticleSource=487 Champaign County has a problem. Its nursing home can't seem to manage its money. http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/blog/blog.asp?ArticleSource=483 As he reels in the money, he defends his delay... http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/blog/blog.asp?ArticleSource=480 Transparency needed...Why are these kids typing on unplugged computers? http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/blog/blog.asp?ArticleSource=479 http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/blog/blog.asp?ArticleSource=474 Wait, "happy" might not be the right adjective to use... http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/blog/blog.asp?ArticleSource=475 It's comforting to know that while Illinois is experiencing a budget crisis, the Senate President remains confident that he can get a pay raise. http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/blog/blog.asp?ArticleSource=476 "I love the word "transparency" -- sort of the revenge on the invisible man in Plato." http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/blog/blog.asp?ArticleSource=472 http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/blog/blog.asp?ArticleSource=469 Now would be a good time to raise fare prices for mass transit, namely the CTA. http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/blog/blog.asp?ArticleSource=471 Liberty Leader Adam Andrzejewski received some good press from Jerry Moore of the Elmhurst Press, which highlighted Adam's efforts in bringing more transparency to school districts across Illinois. http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/blog/blog.asp?ArticleSource=463 Simply getting data online isn't the goal of well- meaning transparency laws. http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/blog/blog.asp?ArticleSource=459 http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/blog/blog.asp?ArticleSource=460 http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/blog/blog.asp?ArticleSource=456 http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/blog/blog.asp?ArticleSource=452 http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/blog/blog.asp?ArticleSource=455 Blog Post http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/blog/blog.asp?ArticleSource=449 Kate wrote earlier this week about how Chicago is no. 1 in the country for sales taxes. Here's a breakdown of just how much people are paying and where. http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/blog/blog.asp?ArticleSource=450 http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/blog/blog.asp?ArticleSource=444 And we wonder why all these jobs are going over India-way... http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/blog/blog.asp?ArticleSource=445 http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/blog/blog.asp?ArticleSource=446 "...it only works when those who should be held accountable are held accountable." http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/blog/blog.asp?ArticleSource=447 ...because some people support more government paternalism. http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/blog/blog.asp?ArticleSource=440 How open is your school district? http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/blog/blog.asp?ArticleSource=441 http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/blog/blog.asp?ArticleSource=443 http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/blog/blog.asp?ArticleSource=439 If Cook County wants to push its residents, businesses and revenue out of town, it's doing a good job. http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/blog/blog.asp?ArticleSource=438 A slippery slope indeed. http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/blog/blog.asp?ArticleSource=437 Transparency in government isn't always free, but it is worth the cost. http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/blog/blog.asp?ArticleSource=433 The latest from City Hall... http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/blog/blog.asp?ArticleSource=434 Once an advocate for accountable, transparent government, Palatine Township trustee Bill Huley needs to return to his roots. http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/blog/blog.asp?ArticleSource=426 The Illinois Policy Institute, with the great help of its Liberty Leaders, has a goal of achieving financial transparency throughout all school districts in Illinois. http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/blog/blog.asp?ArticleSource=427 http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/blog/blog.asp?ArticleSource=429 Misguided faith in Medicare could cause serious repercussions, and very soon. http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/blog/blog.asp?ArticleSource=430 One would think they have http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/blog/blog.asp?ArticleSource=431 If history and London's current issues with their Olympics in 2012 can tell us anything... http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/blog/blog.asp?ArticleSource=415 Charter Schools Work! http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/blog/blog.asp?ArticleSource=419 'Get Fuzzy' always gets it so right. http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/blog/blog.asp?ArticleSource=412 http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/blog/blog.asp?ArticleSource=413 But I thought that the "Chicago School of Economics" was free market... http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/blog/blog.asp?ArticleSource=414 http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/blog/blog.asp?ArticleSource=406 http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/blog/blog.asp?ArticleSource=411 http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/blog/blog.asp?ArticleSource=403 Let's see what the free market has cooked up today! http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/blog/blog.asp?ArticleSource=404 The Champaign County Nursing Home needs serious budget repair. One tool to help mend its financial wounds? Transparency. http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/blog/blog.asp?ArticleSource=402 http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/blog/blog.asp?ArticleSource=401 A superintendent is fired for falsifying reports that criticize his administration. What next? A $100K gig as a consultant to another school district...of course. http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/blog/blog.asp?ArticleSource=400 Another reason why transparency is a good idea if not an absolutely necessity in Illinois, not just with regards to school districts. http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/blog/blog.asp?ArticleSource=399 He is against it. He is for it. Well, he is for it -- now that he makes some money off the deal?? We don't know. http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/blog/blog.asp?ArticleSource=394 http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/blog/blog.asp?ArticleSource=395 http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/blog/blog.asp?ArticleSource=398 http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/blog/blog.asp?ArticleSource=392 The Chicago Teachers Union's food fight has provided us with another example of why transparency is such a good idea. http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/blog/blog.asp?ArticleSource=393 Have your school boards been naughty or nice to citizens? http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/blog/blog.asp?ArticleSource=389 Transparency needed: Read yet another telling example of how it pays, literally, to have friendly or familial connections with Chicago's politicians. http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/blog/blog.asp?ArticleSource=390 Governor Blagojevich insists that he did nothing wrong when a board of his appointees approved a loan for his kids' private school in Chicago. http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/blog/blog.asp?ArticleSource=391 http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/blog/blog.asp?ArticleSource=385 Oneless economically crippling measure to worry about... http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/blog/blog.asp?ArticleSource=386 First it was the Senate's restaurant, but today it looks like Congressional Dems want to cut the successful D.C. voucher program, and with it the aspirations of 2000 low-income kids. http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/blog/blog.asp?ArticleSource=382 http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/blog/blog.asp?ArticleSource=383 The Better Government Association has compiled a database listing the salary information of city employees in Chicago. http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/blog/blog.asp?ArticleSource=384 http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/blog/blog.asp?ArticleSource=381 http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/blog/blog.asp?ArticleSource=379 Why free school laptops might not be the best idea. http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/blog/blog.asp?ArticleSource=375 Would your school district pass the open book test? http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/blog/blog.asp?ArticleSource=372 http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/blog/blog.asp?ArticleSource=373 John Kass provides a colorful commentary on how beneficial life can be if you're related to a politician in Chicago. http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/blog/blog.asp?ArticleSource=369 http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/blog/blog.asp?ArticleSource=370 http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/blog/blog.asp?ArticleSource=371 The free market of course! http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/blog/blog.asp?ArticleSource=368 http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/blog/blog.asp?ArticleSource=367 From the Blog: Illinois schools, now more than $12,000 per student. http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/blog/blog.asp?ArticleSource=366 http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/blog/blog.asp?ArticleSource=364 http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/blog/blog.asp?ArticleSource=363 Some think complete government takeover will solve all our problems. Health care? Nationalize! Education? Nationalize! Now, oil companies too? http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/blog/blog.asp?ArticleSource=339 http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/blog/blog.asp?ArticleSource=338 http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/blog/blog.asp?ArticleSource=337 http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/blog/blog.asp?ArticleSource=332 http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/blog/blog.asp?ArticleSource=331 http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/blog/blog.asp?ArticleSource=330 http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/blog/blog.asp?ArticleSource=325 http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/blog/blog.asp?ArticleSource=319 Proving once again man's unlimited potential can go both ways... http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/blog/blog.asp?ArticleSource=320 Speaker Michael Madigan is allowing single payer to proceed in the House. http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/blog/blog.asp?ArticleSource=238 Patients left in ambulances for up to FIVE hours 'so trusts can meet government targets', is the headline in the Daily Mail. http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/blog/blog.asp?ArticleSource=239 Here is my interview this morning on WTAX's Morning News Watch with Bob Murray. http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/blog/blog.asp?ArticleSource=240 I think this clip speaks for itself.