Taxpayer Education Foundation (TEF) today released its annual pension analysis of the Illinois General Assembly Retirement System (GARS).
Cook County Gov. Retirees’ Millionaire’s Club Val Zimnicki (312)-427-5128 – (312) 307-4415 November 28, 2017 View as PDF Chicago – Taxpayers United of America (TUA) has released its most recent government pension study exposing individual...
View as PDF CHICAGO – Eight members of Illinois’ General Assembly met on Monday at a forum to discuss the state’s prolonged budget impasse. Although the legislators agreed in general that reforms are necessary...
View as PDF CHICAGO – Last Friday, April 1, the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) orchestrated a mass, one-day pseudo-strike in conjunction with other likeminded activists and unions. Together, they aired a litany of grievances...
CHICAGO – Illinois is in the midst of its fifth month without a state budget and the financial situation is becoming increasingly dire by the day, so taxpayers are rightly outraged by the state government’s mismanagement of their hard-earned tax dollars. But if the ongoing budget issues haven’t infuriated the taxpayers of Illinois, then a new report by the Institute for Justice, Policing for Profit: The Abuse of Civil Asset Forfeiture, should certainly grab their attention…
By: Forrest Jehlik View as PDF CHICAGO – Chicago taxpayers may once again face teams of teachers with strike signs and bullhorns demanding more benefits for the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU). CTU President, Karen...
So why should taxpayers listen to his solutions? View as PDF CHICAGO—As Illinois approaches its fifth month without a state budget, former Illinois Gov. Jim Edgar (R) has once again entered the political conversation,...
View as PDF CHICAGO—While those in the private sector are struggling to pay their bills and keep their jobs, federal government employees have become the aristocracy of the labor market, according to Jim Tobin,...
View as PDF As the government pension problem becomes more evident in an increasing number of large cities and small villages across Illinois, the public must be aware of a number of interests pushing proposals...
