Political Action Committee
The Illinois Policy Institute is not affiliated with a political action committee. According to its FAQs, "The Institute does not endorse candidates or donate to political parties."
The State Journal-Register's Bernard Shoenburg reported on June 18, 2011, that that head of the Illinois Policy Institute, John Tillman, had created a Political Action Committee, Illinois Liberty PAC, that shared the same Chicago mailing address as the Institute.
In the article, Kent Redfield, a professor at the University of Illinois Springfield, stated that "When you’re up there delivering a report on Medicaid reimbursements, but you’re also backing candidates and soliciting campaign contributions for your PAC, people are going to wonder how you are balancing those sorts of things."
Schoenburg later reported on April 12, 2012, that Tillman had cut ties with Illinois Liberty PAC and two other committees. Tillman is a board member of the Illinois Opportunity Project, a 501c4 organization. The project has donated funds to several Republican candidates and to the Illinois Liberty PAC.
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