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Chicago’s speed cameras issued $90.9M in tickets in 2024, low-income drivers hit hardest

The city's 165 cameras collected $11.3M less from drivers in 2024, so Mayor Johnson is adding 50 new cameras expecting to get back that money

How Illinois can spend smarter to put more people to work

The Center for Poverty Solutions found Illinois shorts apprenticeships and vocational programs, spending 17 times more on colleges than on direct paths to jobs the state economy needs

Chicago Teachers Union votes on leadership: Illinois Policy Institute experts available to comment

Members of the Chicago Teachers Union vote today for their union leadership, and the Caucus of Rank-and-File Educators slate faces challengers.

$2,059 in property taxes per homeowner fund Chicago Public Schools

More than half of the average Chicago homeowner’s property tax bill went to CPS in 2024

Lincoln Poll: Illinoisans rank high taxes as top concern

Nearly half of Illinois voters polled said they would move out of Illinois if they could

Top Illinois pensioners invest $1, get $25 back for retirement

Illinois’ top 50 state pensioners have already each received an average payout worth about $5.63 million

Tax Day: Where do Illinois tax dollars go?

New analysis from the Illinois Policy Institute found the average Illinois state income tax return is over $4K – up nearly $1.6K from 2017

Former state Reps. Tom Demmer and Mark Batinick join Illinois Policy Institute as policy advisers

Demmer will focus on fiscal research, Batinick will focus on pension research

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