Illinois
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Buying Health Insurance in Illinois: The Other Item on Your New Year Wish List
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The Executive Director of GetCoveredIllinois, the state-federal partnership health insurance marketplace in Illinois, discusses the marketplace’s recent launch and what is next.
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Bullet Proof: The Role of Policy and Data in Gun Control
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The Director of the Violence Inquest for Solutions and Alliance (VISA) discusses the slow process of changing the culture of gun violence
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Using Small Groups and Sports to Reduce Youth Violence in Chicago
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Can social and cognitive skills developed through in-school and after-school programming help reduce violence?
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Policy Radio | Lois Scott on Creative Solutions for Chicago’s Infrastructure
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In this week’s episode of Chicago Policy Radio, David Levine sits down with Lois Scott, the CFO of the City of Chicago, to discuss solutions to Chicago’s infrastructure problems.
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Policy Radio | Cristal Thomas on Illinois State Government: Present and Future
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In this week’s episode of Chicago Policy Radio, Julie Cooper sits down with Cristal Thomas, the Deputy Governor of Illinois, to discuss Governor Pat Quinn’s major policy initiatives and what the future holds for Illinois.
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From East to Mid-West: Boosting Chicago’s Economy through Foreign Investment
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Attracting foreign direct investment will maintain Chicago’s competitiveness in the global marketplace.
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Selling the Smart Grid: A Report from the Front Lines
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How do you implement an energy plan that no one knows about?
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To Divert or Not To Divert: The Impact of TIFs on Chicago Public Schools
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TIFs don’t exactly steal money from Chicago schools. But schools would probably have more money without them.
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Keystone Confusion: A Crude Mix of Policy and Politics
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An energy policy analyst walks us through the muck on the Keystone Pipeline.
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Policy Radio | Tom Wolf on the Changing Landscape of Energy Production
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In this week’s episode of Chicago Policy Radio, Claire O’Hanlon sits down with Tom Wolf to talk about where our energy comes from, how the sources of energy in Illinois are changing, and what policymakers can do to help the energy sector.