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  • IGPA experts on Governor Quinn's pension plan: Missing an opportunity for comprehensive reform (Updated)

    Illinois’ leaders are contemplating big changes to the state’s public pension policy. There is an urgent need for reform. In the past, the state has neglected to make required annual contributions to Illinois’ pension fund, which has resulted in a lack of money to cover the long-term costs of future retirement benefits for public employees. This neglect has had serious consequences.

    Tuesday, May 8, 2012 - 10:51am
  • IGPA experts on Governor Quinn’s pension plan: Missing an opportunity for comprehensive reform

    Illinois’ leaders are contemplating big changes to the state’s public pension policy. There is an urgent need for reform. In the past, the state has neglected to make required annual contributions to Illinois’ pension fund, which has resulted in a lack of money to cover the long-term costs of future retirement benefits for public employees. This neglect has had serious consequences.

    Tuesday, May 8, 2012 - 10:48am
  • IGPA Experts react to Governor Quinn's Medicaid proposal: A difficult but necessary step in the right direction

    On Thursday, April 19, Governor Quinn revealed a plan to “save” Medicaid in Illinois, a health care program for citizens requiring financial assistance. IGPA research has shown that health care costs are the biggest contributor to the state’s structural deficit. The state spent $15 billion (including federal matching dollars) on Medicaid in FY2011. Costs are expected to increase substantially in coming years due to a variety of factors, including changing demographics and federal reform measures.

    Sunday, April 22, 2012 - 6:34pm
  • Illinois Economic Review: Illinois job growth since end of recession now exceeds 100,000

    Photo of Help Wanted signDec. 19, 2011 _ Illinois job growth since the end of the 2007-2009 recession has new exceeded 100,000 , according to the Illinois Economic Review, published by IGPA's Regional Economic Applications Laboratory.  Read the latest review.

    Wednesday, December 21, 2011 - 2:49pm
  • Five Things to Know About the National Economy and Illinois

    As attention continues to focus on the national economy and deficit reduction, IGPA experts comment on the impact of the national discussion on Illinois. Economists Dr. Darren Lubotsky, Dr. Don Fullerton, Dr. J. Fred Giertz, and Dr. David Merriman outline five important things to keep in mind as the debate intensifies this fall.

    Thursday, August 25, 2011 - 3:08pm
  • Policy Forum: Picking the President by Popular Plurality? Prospects and Partisan Politics

    Post-mortems on the 2010 midterm election have quickly segued into forecasts about the 2012 presidential election. Topics under discussion include how durable and cohesive the new Republican House majority will prove to be; who should be regarded as front-runners for the Republican nomination for president; how redistricting will play out in major states and others.

    Wednesday, January 26, 2011 - 3:33pm
  • Illinois Economic Review shows state gained 8,000 jobs in October

     Illinois continues to show slow recovery from the recession and accompanying sky-high unemployment, according to the latest edition of the Illinois Economic Review.  The Review, produced by IGPA's Regional Economic Applications Laboratory, shows the state gained about 8,000 jobs in October and shows that the state added 14,400 jobs between October 2009 and October 2010.  Read the full review.

    Thursday, December 16, 2010 - 9:43am
  • Illinois Economic Review shows state added 8,600 jobs in September

     Illinois added an estimated 8,600 jobs in September, according to the Illinois Economic Review published by IGPA's Regional Economics Applications Laboratory. The review also shows that the manufacturing sector in Illinois added jobs for the seventh consecutive month. September was the eighth month this year that Illinois added jobs.

    Read the review.

    Monday, November 8, 2010 - 7:12pm
  • Illinois Economic Review shows revised job loss figure of 7,200 in past 12 months

     The Illinois Economic Review, produced by IGPA's Regional Economics Applications Laboratory, indicates the state lost 4,200 jobs in August, with private-sector growth virtually unchanged. Read the latest Review.

    Monday, October 11, 2010 - 12:32pm
  • Illinois Economic Review adds "Recovery Barometer" to August monthly report

    The Illinois Economic Review, produced by IGPA's Regional Economics Applications Laboratory, has added a new monthly "recovery barometer," which is designed to indicate the pace of Illinois recovery toward its previous peak employment numbers, set in November 2000.  The review indicates Illinois shed more than 20,000 jobs in July, due in part to a strike by construction workers, the end of temporary Census jobs, and the expiration of a tax credit for homebuyers.

    Read the review.

    Tuesday, August 31, 2010 - 4:17pm
  

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The State of the Illinois Economy
Flash Index continues to climb: Economy is “clearly” getting better
Flash Index continues to climb