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Op-eds and analysis on housing policy, pension reform, property taxes, and more.
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Tier 2 isn’t broken for Illinois’ career workers: expanding choice secures benefits
Illinois Policy
Pension reform, Analysis
Pension debt limits teacher pay, hurts recruitment in Illinois
Illinois Policy
Pension reform, Analysis
Chicago aldermanic control issue again stalls granny flats
Illinois Policy
Housing, Anti-corruption, Analysis
Chicago’s commercial property taxes 2X U.S. city average, kill opportunity
Illinois Policy
Property taxes, Analysis
Wait it out? Illinois pensions probably can’t afford to
Illinois Policy
Pension reform, Analysis
Without reforms, pension insolvency will eat Chicago alive
Illinois Policy
Legal analysis, Analysis, Pension reform
Small lots lower Illinois housing prices, even for big homes
Illinois Policy
Analysis, Housing
Illinois can’t afford to miss out on 10,000 extra homes
Illinois Policy
Analysis, Housing
Nearly 30,000 Chicago teachers are caught in pension trap
Illinois Policy
Analysis, Pension reform
Judge rules Cook County tax sale illegal; lawmakers yet to act
Illinois Policy
Analysis, Property taxes
Record-high Illinois university workers opt out of pensions
Illinois Policy
Analysis, Pension reform
Harvard Shouldn’t Just Blame Students for Free Speech Woes
Minding the Campus
Op-ed, Free speech
Housing regulations hold America back from racial equity
Inside Sources
Op-ed, Housing
Kendrick Lamar’s Halftime Show Highlights the Perils of Big Government on Black Communities
Free the People
Op-ed, Cultural critique
State lawmakers gut Emmett Till Day bill, expose Illinois’ corruption problem
Center Square
Anti-corruption, Op-ed
Colorado's child safety law makes a babysitter out of big tech
Inside Sources
Op-ed, Legal analysis, Free speech, Tech policy
There's no affordable housing in Chicago without builders
Real Clear Markets
Housing, Op-ed
Coach houses, other accessory dwelling units would boost housing equity in Black neighborhoods
Chicago Sun-Times
Housing, Op-ed
Unions make life pricey in Illinois' political machine
Chicago Tribune
Housing, Pension reform, Op-ed, Anti-corruption
How to making teaching attractive as a second career in Illinois
Chicago Tribune
Pension reform, Op-ed
Chicago can't afford to stall on coach houses ordinance
Crain's Chicago Business
Housing, Op-ed
This is a small sample of my work. To read more of my policy analysis, visit: https://www.illinoispolicy.org/author/lestabine/
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