Think Tanks

Chicago's public pension funds are teetering on the brink of insolvency in large part because city officials and union leaders repeatedly exploited the system, draining away billions of dollars in the last decade to serve short-term political needs, a...

Continuing to sound the alarm on local pension funds, Chicago's Civic Federation will release a report Thursday that shows the unfunded liabilities for 10 city and county pension funds grew sixfold from 2000 to 2009, with shortfalls now totaling nearly...

Barack Obama entered the White House as a reluctant warrior, a dovish Democrat who espoused his principles at a 2002 antiwar rally: "What I am opposed to is … a dumb war. What I am opposed to is a rash war. … A war based not on reason, but on passion."...

Kentucky politics never lacks a rough-and-tumble side. In one sense, that’s good. I want policymakers to argue from the strength of their convictions, not just apply rubber stamps. But they must keep the heated debate centered on the issues....

Kentucky politics never lacks a rough-and-tumble side. In one sense, that’s good. I want policy makers to argue from the strength of their convictions, not just apply rubber stamps. But they must keep the heated debate centered on the issues....

From newly identified species to discovering the structure of DNA many significant and groundbreaking discoveries and ideas have come from Chicago universities. Whether it be a traditional classroom or a state-of-the-art laboratory, students in higher...

BOWLING GREEN — Hundreds of groups nationwide will celebrate the benefits of educational freedom this week (Jan. 23-29) as part of National School Choice Week. Unfortunately, there’s not much to celebrate in Kentucky, one of only a handful of...

In the state's 62nd Representative District, a Republican incumbent and a Democrat political newcomer share concerns about the state economy, but their methods for fixing …...

Big surprise: California GOP Senate hopeful Carly Fiorina can't name any meaningful spending reforms she would propose to balance the federal budget and pay for extending the Bush tax cuts she supports. Watch her interview with Fox News' Chris Wallace:......

Hollywood may be known for its liberal politics, but that doesn't mean it will get a pass from one prominent liberal think tank. The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a Washington public policy organization that focuses on federal and......

That's the title of a new report from the think tank The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. They blow away any notion that the hemisphere-wide chase-Hollywood-by-giving-away money game is anything other than smoke and mirrors. People inside the...

A number of suburban government agencies received failing grades from a conservative watchdog group that recently rated websites based on the kind of information available …...