11-term New York speaker sentenced to 6.5 years in prison

07/21/2020

Sheldon Silver’s reign as speaker ended with corruption charges.

New York will make 2% property tax cap permanent

By Amy Korte

04/10/2019

While New York lawmakers have agreed to make the state’s 2% temporary limit on property tax levies permanent, Illinois should take reform farther by enacting a freeze on levies and giving local governments the ability to rein in their spending.

TAGS: Andrew Cuomo, JB Pritzker, new york, property taxes, PTELL: Property Tax Extension Limitation Law, taxes

New York: lax labor laws lead to big corruption

By Paul Kersey

06/05/2013

Among the many problems created by labor law across the country is the temptation for union officials to embezzle funds. A spectacular case came up in Auburn, N.Y., where the late Sally Jo Widmer, who had been the long-time president of the Auburn Teachers Association, was found to have siphoned off $800,000 from the union....

TAGS: corruption, labor, new york

Unlocking Opportunity: How Occupational Licensing Reform Would Promote Equitable Empowerment in Illinois

Illinois finds itself at a crossroads: will it empower minorities and poor people to unleash their potential, or will it perpetuate an inequitable status quo? For far too many Illinoisans, opportunity is unfairly and unnecessarily out of reach. Illinois ranks in the bottom ten among all states in social mobility and last among Midwest states...

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Process for unionizing non-state workers raises red flags

CBS Chicago: Illinois’ highest-paid superintendent receives $400K per year to oversee 1,200 students