Illinois Chamber of Commerce:
2006 State and Local Tax Burden Survey
Cost of Doing Business (Powerpoint)
50 State Tax Burden Analysis

Free Trade:
An assessment of Free Trade Agreements, Trade Defects and Jobs
Benefits of NAFTA - A Decade Later, Illinois Only
Benefits of NAFTA - A Decade Later, 50 State Index

Yankee Institute:
The Two Connecticuts - an analysis of public sector job growth compared to private sector growth

Civic Federation of Chicago:
Analysis and Recommendation of the proposed 2007 Illinois Operating Budget

Gross Receipts Tax Background:
Clips from the Heartland Institute

Governor Blagojevich: Waving Goodbye to Businesses

Illinois Tax Reform Plan: Largest Tax Hike This Decade
        Illinois Governor Responds to Tax Foundation Study

Gross Receipts Tax: Wrong Way to Finance Illinois Government

Illinois State Chamber GRT Position Paper

Finding Facts, A Report on State Finances by the Civic Committee of Chicago

Tax Pyramiding: The Economic Consequences of Gross Receipts Taxes by the Tax Foundation

Gross Receipts Taxes in State Government Finances: A Review of Their History and Performance

Other Transportation Reports and Studies:
AASHTO Report - America's Freight Challenge (May 2007)
AASHTO Report - Revenue Sources to Fund Transportation Needs (April 2007)
AASHTO Report - Surface Transportation Policy Recommendations (March 2007)
AASHTO Report - Future Needs of U.S. Surface Transportation System (February 2007)