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January 20, 2021
IGPA in the News: IGPA Senior Scholar and political expert Brian Gaines discusses the notes President-elect Joe Biden might hight in his inaugural address today. | The News-Gazette
January 13, 2021
Edgar Fellow Rep. Chris Welch (class of 2016) named speaker of the Illinois House |
January 5, 2021
IGPA in the news: Fred Geirtz discusses the state's economy at the end of 2020, as measured by the Flash Index | WJBC
January 5, 2021
IGPA in the news: Fred Geirtz discusses the state's slow, steady economic recovery | Illinois Newsroom
January 4, 2021
IGPA in the news: Capitol Fax cites December U of I Flash Index | Capitol Fax
December 31, 2020
IGPA in the news: Education and Learning Working Group member Meghan Kessler discusses declining morale among educators during the COVID-19 pandemic | WREX
December 31, 2020
IGPA in the news: Director Robin Fretwell Wilson joins panel of experts forecasting issues around religion that could be pressing in 2021 | Religious News Service
December 16, 2020
IGPA in the news: Kent Redfield comments on Illinois’ inability to conduct business without a House Speaker | The News-Gazette

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January 14, 2021

Representative Emanuel “Chris” Welch made history this week when he took the gavel as the first Black speaker of the Illinois House.

December 11, 2020

 

 

 

November 12, 2020

A new report from the University of Illinois at Chicago's Government Finance Research Center (GFRC) and co-authored by IGPA Fiscal Health of the State Working Group member Amanda Kass looks at how

October 29, 2020

Small businesses in Illinois and bordering states fared similarly through the COVID-19 pandemic, regardless of the timing or duration of stay-at-home orders aimed at slowing the virus, according to