Policy Fact Sheets
Full List of Policy Fact Sheets:
About ILEPI: 2023 Edition
January 1, 2023 | By Frank Manzo IV
Fact SheetInvestments from Pre-K through College Grow Illinois
January 1, 2023 | By Frank Manzo IV
Fact SheetExpanding Broadband in Illinois: Economic, Fiscal, and Social Effects
November 15, 2022 | By Frank Manzo IV
Fact SheetI-290 Reconstruction: Creating a Modern Multimodal Corridor
November 15, 2022 | By Mary Tyler
Fact SheetIDOT’s Multi-Year Program (MYP): Transportation Funding & Project Selection
November 15, 2022 | By Mary Tyler
Fact SheetRebuild Illinois Transportation Spending in the First 3 Years
November 15, 2022 | By Mary Tyler
Fact SheetUnion Apprenticeships Equal Bachelor’s Degrees
November 15, 2022 | By Frank Manzo IV
Fact SheetA Fair Workweek Law: How It Could Work in Illinois
November 15, 2022 | By Frank Manzo IV
Fact SheetIllinois’ Nurses in Crisis: Insufficient Staffing and Moral Distress
November 15, 2022 | By Frank Manzo IV
Fact SheetPrevailing Wage and Skilled Construction Workers
November 15, 2022 | By Frank Manzo IV
Fact SheetIllinois’ Unions and the Workers’ Rights Amendment
November 15, 2022 | By Frank Manzo IV
Fact SheetClimate and Equitable Jobs Act: Pro-Climate, Pro-Worker, Pro-Equity
November 15, 2022 | By Frank Manzo IV
Fact SheetIllinois’ $1 Trillion Economy: A Historic Achievement in Context
November 15, 2022 | By Frank Manzo IV
Fact SheetPaid Leave and Child Care: Pro-Worker and Pro-Family
November 15, 2022 | By Frank Manzo IV
Fact SheetAddressing Concerns About Illinois Switching to a Progressive Income Tax
April 1, 2019 | By Frank Manzo IV and Robert Bruno
Fact Sheet$15 Minimum Wage in Illinois: Fact Sheet
February 5, 2019 | By Frank Manzo IV, Jill Manzo, and Robert Bruno
Fact SheetFederal-Aid Swap Program Would Cost Scott County $3.5 Million
January 22, 2019 | By Frank Manzo IV and Jill Manzo
Fact SheetReject the Dubious Claims Made by the Centennial Institute on the Costs of Marijuana Legalization
December 19, 2018 | By Frank Manzo IV
Fact SheetIowa MPOs Should Opt-Out of “Federal-Aid Swap” Program
December 13, 2018 | By Frank Manzo IV and Jill Manzo
Fact SheetAn Examination of Minnesota’s Prevailing Wage Law: Effects on Costs, Training, and Economic Development
July 16, 2018 | By Frank Manzo IV and Kevin Duncan
Fact SheetThe Effects of the Chicago Minimum Wage Ordinance: Higher Incomes with Little to No Impact on Employment, Hours, and Businesses in the First Two Years
June 29, 2018 | By Frank Manzo IV, Robert Bruno, and Robert Habans
Fact SheetResponsible Bidder Ordinances Promote Local Construction Standards: Evidence from Indiana
May 22, 2018 | By Frank Manzo IV and Jill Manzo
Fact SheetAfter Janus: The Impending Effects on Public Sector Workers from a Decision Against Fair Share
May 9, 2018 | By Frank Manzo IV
Fact SheetPassing the Buck: An Assessment of Capital Funding Needs in Illinois
May 2, 2018 | By Mary Craighead
Fact SheetForecasting Bumpy Roads Ahead: An Assessment of Illinois Transportation Needs
April 4, 2018 | By Mary Craighead
Fact SheetState Prevailing Wage Laws Reduce Racial Income Gaps in Construction: Impacts by Trade, 2013-2015
February 28, 2018 | By Frank Manzo IV, Robert Bruno, and Jill Manzo
Fact SheetThe Effects of Repealing Common Construction Wage in Indiana: Impacts on Ten Construction Market Outcomes
January 29, 2018 | By Frank Manzo IV and Kevin Duncan
Fact SheetThe Potential Economic Consequences of a Highly Automated Construction Industry: What If Construction Becomes the Next Manufacturing?
January 17, 2018 | By Jill Manzo, Frank Manzo IV, and Robert Bruno
Fact SheetFailing Grade: Critiquing a December 2017 Report on Prevailing Wage by the Illinois Policy Institute
December 17, 2017 | By Frank Manzo IV
Fact SheetFederal Tax Cuts Would Put Billionaires Ahead of Working Families
November 20, 2017 | By Jill Manzo, Shamus Quinn, Frank Manzo IV, Mary Craighead, and Robert Bruno
Fact SheetClimate Change and Its Impact on Infrastructure Systems in the Midwest
October 10, 2017 | By Mary Craighead
Fact SheetUnderstanding the Cost and Impact of Corporate Tax Subsidies
August 17, 2017 | By Mary Craighead and Frank Manzo IV
Fact SheetThe Economic, Fiscal, and Social Effects of Ohio’s Prevailing Wage Law
April 10, 2017 | By Frank Manzo IV, Lameck Onsarigo, Alan Atalah, and Kevin Duncan
Fact SheetPrevailing Wage and Military Veterans in Connecticut
April 6, 2017 | By Frank Manzo IV
Fact SheetThe Impact of “Right-to-Work” Laws on Labor Market Outcomes in Three Midwest States
April 3, 2017 | By Frank Manzo IV and Robert Bruno
Fact SheetHB 1002: Investing in Indiana’s Future Fact Sheet
March 13, 2017 | By Mary Craighead
Fact SheetUnion Decline and Economic Redistribution: A Report on Twelve Midwest States
March 1, 2017 | By Frank Manzo IV and Robert Bruno
Fact SheetState of the Unions 2016: A Profile of Unionization in Chicago, in Illinois, and in America
March 1, 2017 | By Frank Manzo IV and Robert Bruno
Fact SheetAn Analysis of the Impact of Prevailing Wage Thresholds on Public Construction
March 1, 2017 | By Frank Manzo IV and Robert Bruno
Fact SheetA Highly Educated Classroom: Illinois Teachers Are Not Overpaid
March 1, 2017 | By Frank Manzo IV and Robert Bruno
Fact SheetBLS Data is Not Prevailing Wage – It is a Pay Cut for America’s Middle-Class Construction Workforce
December 22, 2016 | By Frank Manzo IV
Fact SheetThe Economic, Fiscal, and Social Effects of Kentucky’s Prevailing Wage Law
December 15, 2016 | By Frank Manzo IV and Kevin Duncan
Fact SheetThe Impact of Apprenticeship Programs in Illinois: Report Fact Sheet
August 24, 2016 | By Frank Manzo IV and Robert Bruno
Fact SheetThe Impact of Prevailing Wage Laws on Military Veterans: Report Fact Sheet
May 10, 2016 | By Frank Manzo IV, Robert Bruno, and Kevin Duncan
Fact SheetThe Impact of Prevailing Wage Laws on Military Veterans in Illinois
May 10, 2016 | By Frank Manzo IV, Robert Bruno, and Kevin Duncan
Fact SheetPrevailing Wage Laws and “Right-to-Work”
March 1, 2016 | By Jill Manzo
Fact SheetFast Facts on the Construction Industry and Illinois’ Gas Tax
February 1, 2016 | By Frank Manzo IV
Fact SheetPrevailing Wage and the Local Market Rate
January 1, 2016 | By Frank Manzo IV
Fact SheetPrevailing Wage and Economic Development
January 1, 2016 | By Frank Manzo IV
Fact SheetPrevailing Wage and Productive Construction Workers
January 1, 2016 | By Frank Manzo IV
Fact SheetPrevailing Wage and School Construction Costs
January 1, 2016 | By Frank Manzo IV
Fact SheetPrevailing Wage and Total Construction Costs
January 1, 2016 | By Frank Manzo IV
Fact SheetIllinois’ Public Construction Industry: Fast Facts
January 1, 2015 | By Frank Manzo IV
Fact SheetThe I-RIDE Proposal
December 1, 2014 | By Frank Manzo IV and Marc Poulos
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