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Illinois Policy Institute

2009-12-11T20:54:23Z

Jperry42: /* Staff */

The '''Illinois Policy Institute''' is a non-profit non-partisan think tank that focuses on liberty based research and policy for the state of [[Illinois]]. The Institute is engaged in state and local politics and has offices located in [[Chicago]] and Springfield.

===Staff===

John Tilman is the current CEO of the Illinois Policy Institute and sits on the board of the Sam Adams Alliance.

Other Staff Include:

*Kristina Rasmussen, Executive Vice President
*Heather Wilhelm, Vice-President of Marketing and Communications
*Collin Hitt, Director of Education Policy
*Kate Campaigne, Director of Center for Government Reform
*Richard Lorenc, Director of Outreach
*Katie Truesdell, Manager of External Relations
*Michael Demkovich, Marketing and Communications Associate
*Jerry Agar, Multimedia Fellow
*John Hill, Senior Fellow, Energy Policy
*Don Soifer, Senior Fellow
*Andrew Busch, Senior Fellow
*Leonard Gilroy, Senior Fellow
*Ryan McLaughlin, Public Affairs Counselor

===Projects===

===Pork Watch===

The Illinois Policy Institute has teamed up with Citizens Against Government Waste to publish the [http://207.241.65.184/uploads/files/IL_Piglet05.pdf Illinois Piglet Book], which exposes government waste in the state of Illinois.

===Transparency===

IPI is an advocate for government transparency and reform and launched [http://www.openillinois.org Open Illinois] to highlight changes to government transparency in Illinois. The Institute has also teamed up with [http://www.forthegoodofillinois.org/Default.aspx For the Good of Illinois] to help gain better transparency for school districts.

===Liberty Leaders===

The Institute created a program to help get local citizens involved in government reform and transparency. The program is called [http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/search/index.asp?searchfield=Liberty+Leaders&Submit=Submit Liberty Leaders].

The Liberty Leaders program is developing “spokespeople for liberty” in Illinois by providing citizens with knowledge of free market policies and the know-how to get them turned into law.

Besides providing Liberty Leaders with background and key information on why liberty-based policy will work for Illinois, the Liberty Leaders program coaches individuals on effective civic engagement. Here are some
examples of how you can get involved:

*Write a Letter to the Editor
*Contact your legislators
*Attend Local Government meetings i.e. Village Board Meetings, Town Halls, County Board Meetings

Since the program’s launch in June of 2008, Liberty Leaders have made over $3.5 billion in local taxpayer expenditures transparent and worked to stop a statewide tax increase–and we’re just getting started.

===Tweet Illinois===

The Illinois Policy Institute launched a website called [http://www.tweetillinois.org Tweet Illinois], which allows the citizens of Illinois to find out if their state lawmakers are on Twitter.

===Budget Review: Taxes and Spending===

In response to the calls by Governor Pat Quinn to raise the personal and corporate income tax, the Illinois Policy Institute released a table that illustrated who would pay higher taxes under the proposal. [http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/uploads/files/quinnstaxplan.pdf Will my family pay higher taxes under Governor Quinn's plan?] shows the exact breakdown of who will pay higher taxes under his proposal.

The Institute has released several reports about balancing the budget in Illinois without raising taxes:

[http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/uploads/files/budgetsolutions2010.pdf Budget Solutions 2010]

===Education Reform===

The Illinois Institute supports school choice and has released studies that highlight the success of charter schools in Illinois.

*[http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/uploads/files/downstatecharters%5B1%5D.pdf UNSUNG HEROES: A Performance Report of Downstate and Suburban Charter Schools]
*[http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/uploads/files/authorizer_brief.pdf Opening the Door to Better Schools Reforming charter school authorization law in Illinois]
*[http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/uploads/files/gradrates_policypoint%5B1%5D_2.pdf Chicago students prove they can compete if given a chance: Urban charter school graduation rates rival the best in the state]

===Related Articles on Charter Schools===
*[http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/news/article.asp?ArticleSource=777 Private Sector Educators, Public School Students]
*[http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/news/article.asp?ArticleSource=640 Charter Schools: Accountability Creates Better Choices for For Education]
*[http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/news/article.asp?ArticleSource=641 Rockford--and rest of state--would benefit from charters]
*[http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/news/article.asp?ArticleSource=612 The Illinois Education Solution]
*[http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/news/article.asp?ArticleSource=1246 School's Out, Forever? Charter Schools and the Dropout Crisis]

===High-Speed Rail===

The Illinois Policy Institute recently teamed up with Randall O'Toole of the [http://www.cato.org Cato Institute] to do a study about the true costs of high-speed rail in Illinois. The study, "[http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/uploads/files/highspeed_brief.pdf Taking Illinoisans for a Ride: False promises of high-speed rail]"shows the real economic, environmental, and development costs of implementing high-speed rail lines in Illinois.

===Illinois Policy Institute Websites===

*[http://www.openillinois.org Open Illinois]
*[http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/blog/index.asp?articlesource=459 Spontaneous Solutions]
*[http://www.tweetillinois.org Tweet Illinois]
*[http://www.illinoisopengov.org Illinois Open Government]

===Contact===

Illinois Policy Institute 
190 S. LaSalle Street 
Suite 2130 
Chicago, IL 60603 

Illinois Policy Institute 
802 South 2nd Street 
2nd Floor 
Springfield, IL 62704

Illinois Policy Institute

2009-12-11T20:52:04Z

Jperry42: /* Illinois Policy Institute Websites */

The '''Illinois Policy Institute''' is a non-profit non-partisan think tank that focuses on liberty based research and policy for the state of [[Illinois]]. The Institute is engaged in state and local politics and has offices located in [[Chicago]] and Springfield.

===Staff===

John Tilman is the current CEO of the Illinois Policy Institute and sits on the board of the Sam Adams Alliance.

Other Staff Include:

*Kristina Rasmussen, Executive Vice President
*Heather Wilhelm, Vice-President of Marketing and Communications
*Collin Hitt, Director of Education Policy
*Kate Campaigne, Director of Center for Government Reform
*Richard Lorenc, Director of Outreach
*Emily Walton, Manger of External Relations
*Don Soifer, Senior Fellow
*Andrew Busch, Senior Fellow
*Leonard Gilroy, Senior Fellow
*Ryan McLaughlin, Public Affairs Counselor

===Projects===

===Pork Watch===

The Illinois Policy Institute has teamed up with Citizens Against Government Waste to publish the [http://207.241.65.184/uploads/files/IL_Piglet05.pdf Illinois Piglet Book], which exposes government waste in the state of Illinois.

===Transparency===

IPI is an advocate for government transparency and reform and launched [http://www.openillinois.org Open Illinois] to highlight changes to government transparency in Illinois. The Institute has also teamed up with [http://www.forthegoodofillinois.org/Default.aspx For the Good of Illinois] to help gain better transparency for school districts.

===Liberty Leaders===

The Institute created a program to help get local citizens involved in government reform and transparency. The program is called [http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/search/index.asp?searchfield=Liberty+Leaders&Submit=Submit Liberty Leaders].

The Liberty Leaders program is developing “spokespeople for liberty” in Illinois by providing citizens with knowledge of free market policies and the know-how to get them turned into law.

Besides providing Liberty Leaders with background and key information on why liberty-based policy will work for Illinois, the Liberty Leaders program coaches individuals on effective civic engagement. Here are some
examples of how you can get involved:

*Write a Letter to the Editor
*Contact your legislators
*Attend Local Government meetings i.e. Village Board Meetings, Town Halls, County Board Meetings

Since the program’s launch in June of 2008, Liberty Leaders have made over $3.5 billion in local taxpayer expenditures transparent and worked to stop a statewide tax increase–and we’re just getting started.

===Tweet Illinois===

The Illinois Policy Institute launched a website called [http://www.tweetillinois.org Tweet Illinois], which allows the citizens of Illinois to find out if their state lawmakers are on Twitter.

===Budget Review: Taxes and Spending===

In response to the calls by Governor Pat Quinn to raise the personal and corporate income tax, the Illinois Policy Institute released a table that illustrated who would pay higher taxes under the proposal. [http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/uploads/files/quinnstaxplan.pdf Will my family pay higher taxes under Governor Quinn's plan?] shows the exact breakdown of who will pay higher taxes under his proposal.

The Institute has released several reports about balancing the budget in Illinois without raising taxes:

[http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/uploads/files/budgetsolutions2010.pdf Budget Solutions 2010]

===Education Reform===

The Illinois Institute supports school choice and has released studies that highlight the success of charter schools in Illinois.

*[http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/uploads/files/downstatecharters%5B1%5D.pdf UNSUNG HEROES: A Performance Report of Downstate and Suburban Charter Schools]
*[http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/uploads/files/authorizer_brief.pdf Opening the Door to Better Schools Reforming charter school authorization law in Illinois]
*[http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/uploads/files/gradrates_policypoint%5B1%5D_2.pdf Chicago students prove they can compete if given a chance: Urban charter school graduation rates rival the best in the state]

===Related Articles on Charter Schools===
*[http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/news/article.asp?ArticleSource=777 Private Sector Educators, Public School Students]
*[http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/news/article.asp?ArticleSource=640 Charter Schools: Accountability Creates Better Choices for For Education]
*[http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/news/article.asp?ArticleSource=641 Rockford--and rest of state--would benefit from charters]
*[http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/news/article.asp?ArticleSource=612 The Illinois Education Solution]
*[http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/news/article.asp?ArticleSource=1246 School's Out, Forever? Charter Schools and the Dropout Crisis]

===High-Speed Rail===

The Illinois Policy Institute recently teamed up with Randall O'Toole of the [http://www.cato.org Cato Institute] to do a study about the true costs of high-speed rail in Illinois. The study, "[http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/uploads/files/highspeed_brief.pdf Taking Illinoisans for a Ride: False promises of high-speed rail]"shows the real economic, environmental, and development costs of implementing high-speed rail lines in Illinois.

===Illinois Policy Institute Websites===

*[http://www.openillinois.org Open Illinois]
*[http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/blog/index.asp?articlesource=459 Spontaneous Solutions]
*[http://www.tweetillinois.org Tweet Illinois]
*[http://www.illinoisopengov.org Illinois Open Government]

===Contact===

Illinois Policy Institute 
190 S. LaSalle Street 
Suite 2130 
Chicago, IL 60603 

Illinois Policy Institute 
802 South 2nd Street 
2nd Floor 
Springfield, IL 62704

Illinois Policy Institute

2009-07-30T16:12:40Z

Jperry42: /* Related Articles on Charter Schools */

The '''Illinois Policy Institute''' is a non-profit non-partisan think tank that focuses on liberty based research and policy for the state of [[Illinois]]. The Institute is engaged in state and local politics and has offices located in [[Chicago]] and Springfield.

===Staff===

John Tilman is the current CEO of the Illinois Policy Institute and sits on the board of the Sam Adams Alliance.

Other Staff Include:

*Kristina Rasmussen, Executive Vice President
*Heather Wilhelm, Vice-President of Marketing and Communications
*Collin Hitt, Director of Education Policy
*Kate Campaigne, Director of Center for Government Reform
*Richard Lorenc, Director of Outreach
*Emily Walton, Manger of External Relations
*Don Soifer, Senior Fellow
*Andrew Busch, Senior Fellow
*Leonard Gilroy, Senior Fellow
*Ryan McLaughlin, Public Affairs Counselor

===Projects===

===Pork Watch===

The Illinois Policy Institute has teamed up with Citizens Against Government Waste to publish the [http://207.241.65.184/uploads/files/IL_Piglet05.pdf Illinois Piglet Book], which exposes government waste in the state of Illinois.

===Transparency===

IPI is an advocate for government transparency and reform and launched [http://www.openillinois.org Open Illinois] to highlight changes to government transparency in Illinois. The Institute has also teamed up with [http://www.forthegoodofillinois.org/Default.aspx For the Good of Illinois] to help gain better transparency for school districts.

===Liberty Leaders===

The Institute created a program to help get local citizens involved in government reform and transparency. The program is called [http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/search/index.asp?searchfield=Liberty+Leaders&Submit=Submit Liberty Leaders].

The Liberty Leaders program is developing “spokespeople for liberty” in Illinois by providing citizens with knowledge of free market policies and the know-how to get them turned into law.

Besides providing Liberty Leaders with background and key information on why liberty-based policy will work for Illinois, the Liberty Leaders program coaches individuals on effective civic engagement. Here are some
examples of how you can get involved:

*Write a Letter to the Editor
*Contact your legislators
*Attend Local Government meetings i.e. Village Board Meetings, Town Halls, County Board Meetings

Since the program’s launch in June of 2008, Liberty Leaders have made over $3.5 billion in local taxpayer expenditures transparent and worked to stop a statewide tax increase–and we’re just getting started.

===Tweet Illinois===

The Illinois Policy Institute launched a website called [http://www.tweetillinois.org Tweet Illinois], which allows the citizens of Illinois to find out if their state lawmakers are on Twitter.

===Budget Review: Taxes and Spending===

In response to the calls by Governor Pat Quinn to raise the personal and corporate income tax, the Illinois Policy Institute released a table that illustrated who would pay higher taxes under the proposal. [http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/uploads/files/quinnstaxplan.pdf Will my family pay higher taxes under Governor Quinn's plan?] shows the exact breakdown of who will pay higher taxes under his proposal.

The Institute has released several reports about balancing the budget in Illinois without raising taxes:

[http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/uploads/files/budgetsolutions2010.pdf Budget Solutions 2010]

===Education Reform===

The Illinois Institute supports school choice and has released studies that highlight the success of charter schools in Illinois.

*[http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/uploads/files/downstatecharters%5B1%5D.pdf UNSUNG HEROES: A Performance Report of Downstate and Suburban Charter Schools]
*[http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/uploads/files/authorizer_brief.pdf Opening the Door to Better Schools Reforming charter school authorization law in Illinois]
*[http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/uploads/files/gradrates_policypoint%5B1%5D_2.pdf Chicago students prove they can compete if given a chance: Urban charter school graduation rates rival the best in the state]

===Related Articles on Charter Schools===
*[http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/news/article.asp?ArticleSource=777 Private Sector Educators, Public School Students]
*[http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/news/article.asp?ArticleSource=640 Charter Schools: Accountability Creates Better Choices for For Education]
*[http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/news/article.asp?ArticleSource=641 Rockford--and rest of state--would benefit from charters]
*[http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/news/article.asp?ArticleSource=612 The Illinois Education Solution]
*[http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/news/article.asp?ArticleSource=1246 School's Out, Forever? Charter Schools and the Dropout Crisis]

===High-Speed Rail===

The Illinois Policy Institute recently teamed up with Randall O'Toole of the [http://www.cato.org Cato Institute] to do a study about the true costs of high-speed rail in Illinois. The study, "[http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/uploads/files/highspeed_brief.pdf Taking Illinoisans for a Ride: False promises of high-speed rail]"shows the real economic, environmental, and development costs of implementing high-speed rail lines in Illinois.

===Illinois Policy Institute Websites===

*[http://www.openillinois.org Open Illinois]
*[http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/blog/index.asp?articlesource=459 Spontaneous Solutions]
*[http://www.tweetillinois.org Tweet Illinois]

===Contact===

Illinois Policy Institute 
190 S. LaSalle Street 
Suite 2130 
Chicago, IL 60603 

Illinois Policy Institute 
802 South 2nd Street 
2nd Floor 
Springfield, IL 62704

Illinois Policy Institute

2009-07-30T16:11:28Z

Jperry42: /* Education Reform */

The '''Illinois Policy Institute''' is a non-profit non-partisan think tank that focuses on liberty based research and policy for the state of [[Illinois]]. The Institute is engaged in state and local politics and has offices located in [[Chicago]] and Springfield.

===Staff===

John Tilman is the current CEO of the Illinois Policy Institute and sits on the board of the Sam Adams Alliance.

Other Staff Include:

*Kristina Rasmussen, Executive Vice President
*Heather Wilhelm, Vice-President of Marketing and Communications
*Collin Hitt, Director of Education Policy
*Kate Campaigne, Director of Center for Government Reform
*Richard Lorenc, Director of Outreach
*Emily Walton, Manger of External Relations
*Don Soifer, Senior Fellow
*Andrew Busch, Senior Fellow
*Leonard Gilroy, Senior Fellow
*Ryan McLaughlin, Public Affairs Counselor

===Projects===

===Pork Watch===

The Illinois Policy Institute has teamed up with Citizens Against Government Waste to publish the [http://207.241.65.184/uploads/files/IL_Piglet05.pdf Illinois Piglet Book], which exposes government waste in the state of Illinois.

===Transparency===

IPI is an advocate for government transparency and reform and launched [http://www.openillinois.org Open Illinois] to highlight changes to government transparency in Illinois. The Institute has also teamed up with [http://www.forthegoodofillinois.org/Default.aspx For the Good of Illinois] to help gain better transparency for school districts.

===Liberty Leaders===

The Institute created a program to help get local citizens involved in government reform and transparency. The program is called [http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/search/index.asp?searchfield=Liberty+Leaders&Submit=Submit Liberty Leaders].

The Liberty Leaders program is developing “spokespeople for liberty” in Illinois by providing citizens with knowledge of free market policies and the know-how to get them turned into law.

Besides providing Liberty Leaders with background and key information on why liberty-based policy will work for Illinois, the Liberty Leaders program coaches individuals on effective civic engagement. Here are some
examples of how you can get involved:

*Write a Letter to the Editor
*Contact your legislators
*Attend Local Government meetings i.e. Village Board Meetings, Town Halls, County Board Meetings

Since the program’s launch in June of 2008, Liberty Leaders have made over $3.5 billion in local taxpayer expenditures transparent and worked to stop a statewide tax increase–and we’re just getting started.

===Tweet Illinois===

The Illinois Policy Institute launched a website called [http://www.tweetillinois.org Tweet Illinois], which allows the citizens of Illinois to find out if their state lawmakers are on Twitter.

===Budget Review: Taxes and Spending===

In response to the calls by Governor Pat Quinn to raise the personal and corporate income tax, the Illinois Policy Institute released a table that illustrated who would pay higher taxes under the proposal. [http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/uploads/files/quinnstaxplan.pdf Will my family pay higher taxes under Governor Quinn's plan?] shows the exact breakdown of who will pay higher taxes under his proposal.

The Institute has released several reports about balancing the budget in Illinois without raising taxes:

[http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/uploads/files/budgetsolutions2010.pdf Budget Solutions 2010]

===Education Reform===

The Illinois Institute supports school choice and has released studies that highlight the success of charter schools in Illinois.

*[http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/uploads/files/downstatecharters%5B1%5D.pdf UNSUNG HEROES: A Performance Report of Downstate and Suburban Charter Schools]
*[http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/uploads/files/authorizer_brief.pdf Opening the Door to Better Schools Reforming charter school authorization law in Illinois]
*[http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/uploads/files/gradrates_policypoint%5B1%5D_2.pdf Chicago students prove they can compete if given a chance: Urban charter school graduation rates rival the best in the state]

===Related Articles on Charter Schools===
*[http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/news/article.asp?ArticleSource=777 Private Sector Educators, Public School Students]
*[http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/news/article.asp?ArticleSource=640 Charter Schools: Accountability Creates Better Choices for For Education]
*[http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/news/article.asp?ArticleSource=641 Rockford--and rest of state--would benefit from charters]
* http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/news/article.asp?ArticleSource=612 The Illinois Education Solution]

===High-Speed Rail===

The Illinois Policy Institute recently teamed up with Randall O'Toole of the [http://www.cato.org Cato Institute] to do a study about the true costs of high-speed rail in Illinois. The study, "[http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/uploads/files/highspeed_brief.pdf Taking Illinoisans for a Ride: False promises of high-speed rail]"shows the real economic, environmental, and development costs of implementing high-speed rail lines in Illinois.

===Illinois Policy Institute Websites===

*[http://www.openillinois.org Open Illinois]
*[http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/blog/index.asp?articlesource=459 Spontaneous Solutions]
*[http://www.tweetillinois.org Tweet Illinois]

===Contact===

Illinois Policy Institute 
190 S. LaSalle Street 
Suite 2130 
Chicago, IL 60603 

Illinois Policy Institute 
802 South 2nd Street 
2nd Floor 
Springfield, IL 62704

Illinois Policy Institute

2009-07-28T20:16:49Z

Jperry42:

The '''Illinois Policy Institute''' is a non-profit non-partisan think tank that focuses on liberty based research and policy for the state of [[Illinois]]. The Institute is engaged in state and local politics and has offices located in [[Chicago]] and Springfield.

===Staff===

John Tilman is the current CEO of the Illinois Policy Institute and sits on the board of the Sam Adams Alliance.

Other Staff Include:

*Kristina Rasmussen, Executive Vice President
*Heather Wilhelm, Vice-President of Marketing and Communications
*Collin Hitt, Director of Education Policy
*Kate Campaigne, Director of Center for Government Reform
*Richard Lorenc, Director of Outreach
*Emily Walton, Manger of External Relations
*Don Soifer, Senior Fellow
*Andrew Busch, Senior Fellow
*Leonard Gilroy, Senior Fellow
*Ryan McLaughlin, Public Affairs Counselor

===Projects===

===Pork Watch===

The Illinois Policy Institute has teamed up with Citizens Against Government Waste to publish the [http://207.241.65.184/uploads/files/IL_Piglet05.pdf Illinois Piglet Book], which exposes government waste in the state of Illinois.

===Transparency===

IPI is an advocate for government transparency and reform and launched [http://www.openillinois.org Open Illinois] to highlight changes to government transparency in Illinois. The Institute has also teamed up with [http://www.forthegoodofillinois.org/Default.aspx For the Good of Illinois] to help gain better transparency for school districts.

===Liberty Leaders===

The Institute created a program to help get local citizens involved in government reform and transparency. The program is called [http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/search/index.asp?searchfield=Liberty+Leaders&Submit=Submit Liberty Leaders].

The Liberty Leaders program is developing “spokespeople for liberty” in Illinois by providing citizens with knowledge of free market policies and the know-how to get them turned into law.

Besides providing Liberty Leaders with background and key information on why liberty-based policy will work for Illinois, the Liberty Leaders program coaches individuals on effective civic engagement. Here are some
examples of how you can get involved:

*Write a Letter to the Editor
*Contact your legislators
*Attend Local Government meetings i.e. Village Board Meetings, Town Halls, County Board Meetings

Since the program’s launch in June of 2008, Liberty Leaders have made over $3.5 billion in local taxpayer expenditures transparent and worked to stop a statewide tax increase–and we’re just getting started.

===Tweet Illinois===

The Illinois Policy Institute launched a website called [http://www.tweetillinois.org Tweet Illinois], which allows the citizens of Illinois to find out if their state lawmakers are on Twitter.

===Budget Review: Taxes and Spending===

In response to the calls by Governor Pat Quinn to raise the personal and corporate income tax, the Illinois Policy Institute released a table that illustrated who would pay higher taxes under the proposal. [http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/uploads/files/quinnstaxplan.pdf Will my family pay higher taxes under Governor Quinn's plan?] shows the exact breakdown of who will pay higher taxes under his proposal.

The Institute has released several reports about balancing the budget in Illinois without raising taxes:

[http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/uploads/files/budgetsolutions2010.pdf Budget Solutions 2010]

===Education Reform===

The Illinois Institute supports school choice and has released studies that highlight the success of charter schools in Illinois.

*[http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/uploads/files/downstatecharters%5B1%5D.pdf UNSUNG HEROES: A Performance Report of Downstate and Suburban Charter Schools]
*[http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/uploads/files/authorizer_brief.pdf Opening the Door to Better Schools Reforming charter school authorization law in Illinois]

===Related Articles on Charter Schools===
*[http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/news/article.asp?ArticleSource=777 Private Sector Educators, Public School Students]
*[http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/news/article.asp?ArticleSource=640 Charter Schools: Accountability Creates Better Choices for For Education]
*[http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/news/article.asp?ArticleSource=641 Rockford--and rest of state--would benefit from charters]
* http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/news/article.asp?ArticleSource=612 The Illinois Education Solution]

===High-Speed Rail===

The Illinois Policy Institute recently teamed up with Randall O'Toole of the [http://www.cato.org Cato Institute] to do a study about the true costs of high-speed rail in Illinois. The study, "[http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/uploads/files/highspeed_brief.pdf Taking Illinoisans for a Ride: False promises of high-speed rail]"shows the real economic, environmental, and development costs of implementing high-speed rail lines in Illinois.

===Illinois Policy Institute Websites===

*[http://www.openillinois.org Open Illinois]
*[http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/blog/index.asp?articlesource=459 Spontaneous Solutions]
*[http://www.tweetillinois.org Tweet Illinois]

===Contact===

Illinois Policy Institute 
190 S. LaSalle Street 
Suite 2130 
Chicago, IL 60603 

Illinois Policy Institute 
802 South 2nd Street 
2nd Floor 
Springfield, IL 62704

Illinois Policy Institute

2009-07-07T16:48:15Z

Jperry42: /* Liberty Leaders */

{{move|Illinois Policy Institute}}
The '''Illinois Policy Institute''' is a non-profit non-partisan think tank that focuses on liberty based research and policy for the state of Illinois. The Institute is engaged in state and local politics and has offices located in Chicago and Springfield.

===Staff===

John Tilman is the current CEO of the Illinois Policy Institute and sits on the board of the Sam Adams Alliance.

Other Staff Include:

*Kristina Rasmussen, Executive Vice President
*Heather Wilhelm, Vice-President of Marketing and Communications
*Collin Hitt, Director of Education Policy
*Kate Campaigne, Director of Center for Government Reform
*Richard Lorenc, Director of Outreach
*Emily Walton, Manger of External Relations
*Don Soifer, Senior Fellow
*Andrew Busch, Senior Fellow
*Leonard Gilroy, Senior Fellow
*Ryan McLaughlin, Public Affairs Counselor

===Projects===

===Pork Watch===

The Illinois Policy Institute has teamed up with Citizens Against Government Waste to publish the [http://207.241.65.184/uploads/files/IL_Piglet05.pdf Illinois Piglet Book], which exposes government waste in the state of Illinois.

===Transparency===

IPI is an advocate for government transparency and reform and launched [http://www.openillinois.org Open Illinois] to highlight changes to government transparency in Illinois. The Institute has also teamed up with [http://www.forthegoodofillinois.org/Default.aspx For the Good of Illinois] to help gain better transparency for school districts.

===Liberty Leaders===

The Institute created a program to help get local citizens involved in government reform and transparency. The program is called [http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/search/index.asp?searchfield=Liberty+Leaders&Submit=Submit Liberty Leaders].

The Liberty Leaders program is developing “spokespeople for liberty” in Illinois by providing citizens with knowledge of free market policies and the know-how to get them turned into law.

Besides providing Liberty Leaders with background and key information on why liberty-based policy will work for Illinois, the Liberty Leaders program coaches individuals on effective civic engagement. Here are some
examples of how you can get involved:

*Write a Letter to the Editor
*Contact your legislators
*Attend Local Government meetings i.e. Village Board Meetings, Town Halls, County Board Meetings

Since the program’s launch in June of 2008, Liberty Leaders have made over $3.5 billion in local taxpayer expenditures transparent and worked to stop a statewide tax increase–and we’re just getting started.

===Tweet Illinois===

The Illinois Policy Institute launched a website called [http://www.tweetillinois.org Tweet Illinois], which allows the citizens of Illinois to find out if their state lawmakers are on Twitter.

===Budget Review: Taxes and Spending===

In response to the calls by Governor Pat Quinn to raise the personal and corporate income tax, the Illinois Policy Institute released a table that illustrated who would pay higher taxes under the proposal. [http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/uploads/files/quinnstaxplan.pdf Will my family pay higher taxes under Governor Quinn's plan?] shows the exact breakdown of who will pay higher taxes under his proposal.

The Institute has released several reports about balancing the budget in Illinois without raising taxes:

[http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/uploads/files/budgetsolutions2010.pdf Budget Solutions 2010]

===Education Reform===

The Illinois Institute supports school choice and has released studies that highlight the success of charter schools in Illinois.

*[http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/uploads/files/downstatecharters%5B1%5D.pdf UNSUNG HEROES: A Performance Report of Downstate and Suburban Charter Schools]
*[http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/uploads/files/authorizer_brief.pdf Opening the Door to Better Schools Reforming charter school authorization law in Illinois]

===Related Articles on Charter Schools===
*[http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/news/article.asp?ArticleSource=777 Private Sector Educators, Public School Students]
*[http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/news/article.asp?ArticleSource=640 Charter Schools: Accountability Creates Better Choices for For Education]
*[http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/news/article.asp?ArticleSource=641 Rockford--and rest of state--would benefit from charters]
* http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/news/article.asp?ArticleSource=612 The Illinois Education Solution]

===Illinois Policy Institute Websites===

*[http://www.openillinois.org Open Illinois]
*[http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/blog/index.asp?articlesource=459 Spontaneous Solutions]
*[http://www.tweetillinois.org Tweet Illinois]

===Contact===

Illinois Policy Institute 
190 S. LaSalle Street 
Suite 2130 
Chicago, IL 60603 

Illinois Policy Institute 
802 South 2nd Street 
2nd Floor 
Springfield, IL 62704

Illinois Policy Institute

2009-07-06T21:43:43Z

Jperry42: /* Budget Review: Taxes and Spending */

The '''Illinois Policy Institute''' is a non-profit non-partisan think tank that focuses on liberty based research and policy for the state of Illinois. The Institute is engaged in state and local politics and has offices located in Chicago and Springfield.

===Staff===

John Tilman is the current CEO of the Illinois Policy Institute and sits on the board of the Sam Adams Alliance.

Other Staff Include:

*Kristina Rasmussen, Executive Vice President
*Heather Wilhelm, Vice-President of Marketing and Communications
*Collin Hitt, Director of Education Policy
*Kate Campaigne, Director of Center for Government Reform
*Richard Lorenc, Director of Outreach
*Emily Walton, Manger of External Relations
*Don Soifer, Senior Fellow
*Andrew Busch, Senior Fellow
*Leonard Gilroy, Senior Fellow
*Ryan McLaughlin, Public Affairs Counselor

===Projects===

===Pork Watch===

The Illinois Policy Institute has teamed up with Citizens Against Government Waste to publish the [http://207.241.65.184/uploads/files/IL_Piglet05.pdf Illinois Piglet Book], which exposes government waste in the state of Illinois.

===Transparency===

IPI is an advocate for government transparency and reform and launched [http://www.openillinois.org Open Illinois] to highlight changes to government transparency in Illinois. The Institute has also teamed up with [http://www.forthegoodofillinois.org/Default.aspx For the Good of Illinois] to help gain better transparency for school districts.

===Liberty Leaders===

The Institute created a program to help get local citizens involved in government reform and transparency. The program is called [http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/search/index.asp?searchfield=Liberty+Leaders&Submit=Submit Liberty Leaders].

===Tweet Illinois===

The Illinois Policy Institute launched a website called [http://www.tweetillinois.org Tweet Illinois], which allows the citizens of Illinois to find out if their state lawmakers are on Twitter.

===Budget Review: Taxes and Spending===

In response to the calls by Governor Pat Quinn to raise the personal and corporate income tax, the Illinois Policy Institute released a table that illustrated who would pay higher taxes under the proposal. [http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/uploads/files/quinnstaxplan.pdf Will my family pay higher taxes under Governor Quinn's plan?] shows the exact breakdown of who will pay higher taxes under his proposal.

The Institute has released several reports about balancing the budget in Illinois without raising taxes:

[http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/uploads/files/budgetsolutions2010.pdf Budget Solutions 2010]

===Education Reform===

The Illinois Institute supports school choice and has released studies that highlight the success of charter schools in Illinois.

*[http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/uploads/files/downstatecharters%5B1%5D.pdf UNSUNG HEROES: A Performance Report of Downstate and Suburban Charter Schools]
*[http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/uploads/files/authorizer_brief.pdf Opening the Door to Better Schools Reforming charter school authorization law in Illinois]

===Related Articles on Charter Schools===
*[http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/news/article.asp?ArticleSource=777 Private Sector Educators, Public School Students]
*[http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/news/article.asp?ArticleSource=640 Charter Schools: Accountability Creates Better Choices for For Education]
*[http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/news/article.asp?ArticleSource=641 Rockford--and rest of state--would benefit from charters]
* http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/news/article.asp?ArticleSource=612 The Illinois Education Solution]

===Illinois Policy Institute Websites===

*[http://www.openillinois.org Open Illinois]
*[http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/blog/index.asp?articlesource=459 Spontaneous Solutions]
*[http://www.tweetillinois.org Tweet Illinois]

===Contact===

Illinois Policy Institute 
190 S. LaSalle Street 
Suite 2130 
Chicago, IL 60603 

Illinois Policy Institute 
802 South 2nd Street 
2nd Floor 
Springfield, IL 62704

Illinois Policy Institute

2009-07-06T21:36:10Z

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The '''Illinois Policy Institute''' is a non-profit non-partisan think tank that focuses on liberty based research and policy for the state of Illinois. The Institute is engaged in state and local politics and has offices located in Chicago and Springfield.

===Staff===

John Tilman is the current CEO of the Illinois Policy Institute and sits on the board of the Sam Adams Alliance.

Other Staff Include:

*Kristina Rasmussen, Executive Vice President
*Heather Wilhelm, Vice-President of Marketing and Communications
*Collin Hitt, Director of Education Policy
*Kate Campaigne, Director of Center for Government Reform
*Richard Lorenc, Director of Outreach
*Emily Walton, Manger of External Relations
*Don Soifer, Senior Fellow
*Andrew Busch, Senior Fellow
*Leonard Gilroy, Senior Fellow
*Ryan McLaughlin, Public Affairs Counselor

===Projects===

===Pork Watch===

The Illinois Policy Institute has teamed up with Citizens Against Government Waste to publish the [http://207.241.65.184/uploads/files/IL_Piglet05.pdf Illinois Piglet Book], which exposes government waste in the state of Illinois.

===Transparency===

IPI is an advocate for government transparency and reform and launched [http://www.openillinois.org Open Illinois] to highlight changes to government transparency in Illinois. The Institute has also teamed up with [http://www.forthegoodofillinois.org/Default.aspx For the Good of Illinois] to help gain better transparency for school districts.

===Liberty Leaders===

The Institute created a program to help get local citizens involved in government reform and transparency. The program is called [http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/search/index.asp?searchfield=Liberty+Leaders&Submit=Submit Liberty Leaders].

===Tweet Illinois===

The Illinois Policy Institute launched a website called [http://www.tweetillinois.org Tweet Illinois], which allows the citizens of Illinois to find out if their state lawmakers are on Twitter.

===Budget Review: Taxes and Spending===

In response to the calls by Governor Pat Quinn to raise the personal and corporate income tax, the Illinois Policy Institute released a table that illustrated who would pay higher taxes under the proposal. [http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/uploads/files/quinnstaxplan.pdf Will my family pay higher taxes under Governor Quinn's plan?] shows the exact breakdown of who will pay higher taxes under his proposal.

The Institute has released several reports about balancing the budget in Illinois without raising taxes:

*[http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/uploads/files/superpowersnotrequired_brief.pdf No Superpowers Required
Balancing the budget without tax hikes or “doomsday” cuts]
*[http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/uploads/files/robbingpeter_brief_1.pdf Robbing Peter to Pay Paul
A closer look at public employee pay in Illinois]
*[http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/uploads/files/spentmoneyonwhat_brief.pdf You Spent My Tax Dollars
On What?? How silly spending in 2009 contributed to 2010’s budget mess]
*[http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/uploads/files/tabor_brief%5B1%5D.pdf Government Goes
On A Diet Designing a sensible expenditure limit for Illinois]

===Education Reform===

The Illinois Institute supports school choice and has released studies that highlight the success of charter schools in Illinois.

*[http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/uploads/files/downstatecharters%5B1%5D.pdf UNSUNG HEROES: A Performance Report of Downstate and Suburban Charter Schools]
*[http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/uploads/files/authorizer_brief.pdf Opening the Door to Better Schools Reforming charter school authorization law in Illinois]

===Related Articles on Charter Schools===
*[http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/news/article.asp?ArticleSource=777 Private Sector Educators, Public School Students]
*[http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/news/article.asp?ArticleSource=640 Charter Schools: Accountability Creates Better Choices for For Education]
*[http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/news/article.asp?ArticleSource=641 Rockford--and rest of state--would benefit from charters]
* http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/news/article.asp?ArticleSource=612 The Illinois Education Solution]

===Illinois Policy Institute Websites===

*[http://www.openillinois.org Open Illinois]
*[http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/blog/index.asp?articlesource=459 Spontaneous Solutions]
*[http://www.tweetillinois.org Tweet Illinois]

===Contact===

Illinois Policy Institute 
190 S. LaSalle Street 
Suite 2130 
Chicago, IL 60603 

Illinois Policy Institute 
802 South 2nd Street 
2nd Floor 
Springfield, IL 62704