Posts tagged Paul Simon Public Policy Institute
Rep. Mah: Springfield partisan divide exaggerated, but not on taxes

Fair Tax failure could lead to tax hike combined with new exemptions

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Big election turnout amplified deep divisions

Fair Tax failure puts state on course to repeat worst of Rauner budget impasse, warns SIU Prof. Jackson

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If you don't hear the dog whistle, dogs do

Trib columnist’s anti-Semitism is deliberate and intentional, just like Trump’s racism

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Old tactic vs. new tax plan: Divide and conquer

The fair tax isn’t about who benefits most, it’s about providing all areas of our state with the resources they require

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Fair tax polls ahead of required 60 percent supermajority

Annual Simon Poll also finds support for millionaire tax, fair maps

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J.B. volunteers Illinois to go first in prez race

After Iowa debacle, guv tweets, ‘It’s time for the most representative state in the country to be the first in the nation’

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Legal pot could take Illinois higher

Recreational marijuana could rake in $525 million in taxes, study finds, with corresponding job gains and cuts in enforcement costs

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