White Papers

2026

08/31/2026

From Crown to Town: The Cost of Being Counted

By Kayla Holley

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2024

12/01/2024

No Pane, No Gain: Exploring how “broken-window budgeting” pulls back the curtain on serious government spending

By Kayla Holley

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09/29/2024

Hamilton’s Spending Scheme And You

By Edward N. Tiesenga

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04/01/2024

Take the Government Out of GDP

By Thomas Savidge - The Daily Economy

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04/01/2024

Journey to the Center of the Illinois Pension Code

By Maxwell Laraia and Edward N. Tiesenga

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2023

02/01/2023

Democracy in DuPage: Perpetual Public Benefits and the Illinois Constitution

By Edward N. Tiesenga

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2020

01/07/2020

Judges Order Government Spending without Representation in Illinois

By Edward N. Tiesenga, Carl A. Miller, and Sophia Pethokoukis

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2016

02/01/2016

Great Rivers of Spending: The Legal Tributaries of Municipal Fire and Police Pensions

By Edward N. Tiesenga

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2013

10/08/2013

Title IX and the Outer Limits of the Spending Powers

By Beverly B. Tiesenga

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