Ted Dabrowski: Illinois Republicans want their party to make arguments, not excuses
Illinois GOP leadership has for a long time provided little vision or fighting spirit for anything resembling conservative ideas.
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Ed Bachrach and Ted Dabrowski: Do Illinois and Chicago really need to sweeten Tier 2 pension benefits?
Tier 2 pension reform will bring more debt and intergenerational inequity to Chicago.
Ted Dabrowski, et al.: Will the mayor’s pension working group seriously tackle the problem?
The mayor's pension working group should show taxpayers what it would take to fully fund pension plans in less than 20 years.
Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner: Illinois needs a multiyear restructuring plan to stop residents from fleeing
Forget these pretend one-year "balanced" budgets. Illinois needs a multiyear restructuring plan to keep residents from fleeing. We've said it for a long time. Illinois' one-year budgets mean nothing in...
Op-ed: Chicago’s public schools are broken. It’s time to give parents school choice.
It's long past time to deal decisively with Chicago Public Schools' problems and to recognize that the Chicago Teachers Union is incorrigible. Its members have walked out or struck in...
Op-ed: Illinois gets its first credit upgrade in 20 years, thanks to $138 billion in federal relief
Illinois received a credit rating upgrade from Moody's Investors Service to Baa2, a level two notches above junk. It's the state's first upgrade in some 20 years and a major...
Op-ed: Amending the Illinois Constitution: 50 words that can save the state
Fifty words, added to the Illinois Constitution as an amendment, could be what helps save the state from an inevitable financial collapse in years to come. "Nothing in this Constitution...
Commentary: A 60% tax hike on Illinois’ richest won’t be a free lunch for the rest of us
Love 'em or hate 'em, there are some facts you should know about Illinois' wealthy residents before you vote on the state's constitutional amendment that would allow a graduated-rate income...
Commentary: A solution for Illinois’ state retirement crisis
Serious pension reform seems like a pipe dream today. Illinois' political class is still clinging desperately to tax hikes, pension debt re-amortizations and the hope of a federal bailout to...
Commentary: Illinois pensions have been overpromised, not underfunded
Listen to opponents of pension reform and they consistently blame Illinois' pension crisis on underfunding. After decades of not putting enough money into pensions, their argument goes, it's time for...