The Policy Shop

The Policy Shop


Episode 1: The budget impasse begins

July 12, 2015

State Rep. Keith Wheeler gives an inside the chamber perspective on the budget gridlock. Vinnie Vernuccio from the Mackinac Center for Public Policy explains the significance of the Friedrichs v California Teachers Association case going to the Supreme Court. Dan Proft and John Tillman respond to a labor lawyer’s Chicago Tribune op-ed headline “Tax me, please, so Illinois can compete.”
Hosts: Dan Proft & John Tillman
Guests: Keith Wheeler, Vinnie Vernuccio