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• Illinois Forward 2023: Only pension, budget reform can save taxpayers when federal aid ends

  Illinois state government’s financial health was the worst in the nation before the COVID-19 pandemic began. 1 An unprecedented flood of federal stimulus and bailouts for state and local governments s...

• Illinois Forward 2024: A sustainable state budget plan | Illinois Policy

  After years of enhanced revenue from federal aid, a return to the basic principles of budgeting can put Illinois on the path to long-term financial stability

• What you need to know about new Illinois laws taking effect in 2023

  New laws signed by Gov. J.B. Pritzker are set to impact education, public safety, agriculture and labor

• The State of The State: Illinois leaders partly responsible for a sluggish recovery | Illinois

  Illinois’ economy was shaken by the COVID-19 pandemic, but 2021 was supposed to be a year of recovery. Unfortunately, the policy climate continues to be the state’s biggest liability despite high vacc...

• 2021 Annual Report | Illinois Policy

  1,200 unique pageviews on Madigan content from the FBI Perhaps most notably, our Madigan content was viewed more than 1,200 times by the FBI’sCriminal Justice Information Services division. The most p...

• Fixing Illinois pension crisis by amending nation’s most-restrictive pension law is legal, effective

  Illinois is home to one of the worst pension crises in the country.1 At 39% funded, according to the nonpartisan Pew Charitable Trusts, Illinois has the worst pension funding ratio of any state.2 By c...