Articles By Author John Skorburg
Articles by John Skorburg
08/01/2009 12:00 AM
Jim Schwantz vows to fight sales tax hikeIn early 2008, ex-Chicago Bears linebacker Jim Schwantz declared his intention to run for mayor of Palatine in ...(read more)
04/15/2009 12:00 AM
Given the current ups and downs in the market (mostly downs), can we still rely on the stock market as a hedge against the future? Heartland policy advisor, ...(read more)
03/10/2009 12:00 AM
George W. Bush, in his final Economic Report of the President (January 2009), estimates a federal tax burden of 17.9 percent of GDP for both fiscal year ...(read more)
12/01/2008 12:00 AM
This policy booklet is based upon an academic class entitled Introduction to Urban Real Estate (Econ/Fin 371) offered by the University of Illinois at Chicago ...(read more)
10/01/2005 12:00 AM
The debate over deed restrictions surfaced when California-based Safeway Inc., which owns the Dominick's grocery story chain, closed 12 stores in the Chicago ...(read more)
04/01/2005 12:00 AM
In February, the Utah Senate and House each passed resolutions urging Congress to oppose the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA). The FTAA is intended ...(read more)
09/01/2004 12:00 AM
State of Washington voters will rule in November on a ballot initiative that would raise the state's sales tax to increase school funding. Initiative 884, ...(read more)
09/01/2004 12:00 AM
Former U.S. Representative Tom Coburn (R-Oklahoma) was a runaway winner in the July 27 Oklahoma Republican primary for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated ...(read more)
09/01/2004 12:00 AM
State and local taxes are soaring in Ohio, according to a May editorial in the Wall Street Journal.
"State-local taxes have risen considerably in Ohio ...(read more)
09/01/2004 12:00 AM
The state of California has a no-new-taxes budget in place for the coming fiscal year. Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger reached agreement with ...(read more)
09/01/2004 12:00 AM
On July 24, the Illinois legislature completed the state's budget for fiscal year 2005, which began July 1.
The new budget raises taxes on businesses ...(read more)
09/01/2004 12:00 AM
Global trade in agriculture received a big boost from the World Trade Organization (WTO) on July 31, when member countries meeting in Geneva, Switzerland ...(read more)
08/01/2004 12:00 AM
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has denied a March 2004 petition by the state of Minnesota for permission to prevent Food Stamp users from purchasing ...(read more)
08/01/2004 12:00 AM
On June 17, the U.S. House of Representatives passed HR 4520, the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004, which repeals export subsidies found to be in violation ...(read more)
08/01/2004 12:00 AM
On the last day of June, New Jersey Governor Jim McGreevey (D) signed into law a measure that will require patients to pay a tax on cosmetic plastic surgery ...(read more)
08/01/2004 12:00 AM
The national union of state and local government employees has endorsed the proposed deductibility of state sales taxes at the federal level.
In a June ...(read more)
08/01/2004 12:00 AM
A tug-of-war is underway in Colorado pitting the Taxpayer's Bill of Rights (TABOR) against state spending on education. Many analysts are pulling hard for ...(read more)
08/01/2004 12:00 AM
On June 1, the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs (OCPA) released the results of its most recent survey of 400 Oklahoma voters. The majority surveyed called ...(read more)
07/01/2004 12:00 AM
After 12 years of studying the Upper Mississippi River System, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released its $70 million analysis on March 6. The Corps ...(read more)
07/01/2004 12:00 AM
The nation's largest bipartisan, individual membership organization for state legislators is urging policymakers to give drivers relief at the pumps this ...(read more)
07/01/2004 12:00 AM
On May 27, the Kansas legislature officially adjourned without passing a tax hike. A budget is in place for the coming fiscal year, though many questions ...(read more)
07/01/2004 12:00 AM
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) is on a roll. Not only has he won praise from taxpayer advocates by achieving a no-new-taxes budget, but his ...(read more)
07/01/2004 12:00 AM
A new report issued by the Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy (PRI) ranks Connecticut, California, and New York lowest in terms of "economic freedom"--how ...(read more)
07/01/2004 12:00 AM
In May 4 testimony to the Ways & Means Committee of the Ohio House of Representatives, the president of the Dayton-based Buckeye Institute for Public Policy ...(read more)
07/01/2004 12:00 AM
On May 26, the Chicago City Council voted in favor of one Wal-Mart construction proposal but against another, approving on a 32- 15 vote a store for the ...(read more)
