Guest Opinion | Thursday, May 23,2013

Giveaways to Big Gambling make Illinois budget crisis worse

If, during the last 23 years, Illinois had taxed Big Gambling at rates comparable to other states, then Illinois would have had an additional $35 billion to $56 billion in tax revenues – and no

Guest Opinion | Thursday, March 7,2013

Pension reform proposals that might work

By John Kindt

On Feb. 20, 2013, Rep. Lou Lang, D-Skokie, introduced HB 2375 which he described as “credible, comprehensive, constitutional pension reform legislation.” This constitutional proposal by Re

Guest Opinion | Thursday, December 20,2012

Tax gambling to fix the state budget

By John Kindt

Gambling companies arguably owe the Illinois Treasury between $10 billion and $47 billion dollars. The Illinois legislative leadership needs to exercise its integrity and collect these billions of dol

Guest Opinion | Thursday, October 18,2012

Unlucky Article XIII cheats voters

By John Kindt

The constitutional amendment to Article XIII on the November ballot is cleverly drafted to concentrate more monetary power in the same Springfield legislative leaders who have de facto bankrupted the

Guest Opinion | Thursday, July 14,2011

How safe is U.S. nuclear power?

By John Kindt

John W. Kindt, a U of I business and legal policy professor, is an expert on environmental law who has studied the regulation of nuclear power since the 1970s. He discusses the future of nuclear power

Guest Opinion | Thursday, December 10,2009

Video gambling is the new crack

By John Kindt

Becoming law in July 2009, the Illinois Video Gambling Act allowed Illinois more gambling and more video gambling/slot machines (VGMs) than Nevada. This legislation permitted any licensed establishmen