Lawmakers should address wasteful spending in higher education, which is hurting students, their families, instructors and taxpayers.
Super Sunday sees 239 corrections officers – or 19 percent of the staff assigned to work that day – call in sick despite pleas to officers ahead of time from the Cook County Sheriff’s office.
A federal district court in New York has determined the mere violation of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act does not amount to an injury sufficient to allow video game players to sue in federal court.
Missouri has become the 28th state to enact Right to Work, causing Illinois’ regional competitiveness to decline further.
Illinois has by far the most units of government in the nation, at nearly 7,000.
Illinois lost almost 24 residents per day to Wisconsin from 2006 through 2015.
Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan is seeking a court order to stop paychecks to state employees. Many speculate she is trying to force the General Assembly into a budget deal – one that would be bad for Illinoisans. But the General Assembly doesn’t have to be bullied into a bad budget deal. It can pass an appropriations measure to fund state worker payrolls and keep government from shutting down.
Illinois politicians burden the state’s residents with the highest combined state and average local sales tax rate in the Midwest, along with numerous other taxes and fees.
The New York-based credit agency cited the lack of action on a budget as the primary reason for the downgrade.
The new tax on plastic bags is Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s latest revenue grab.
A set of structural reforms that protect taxpayers and put Illinois on the path to prosperity.
With Peoria and downstate reeling, the Caterpillar move comes at a time of persistent disinvestment in Illinois manufacturing.
Illinois lost 11,000 manufacturing jobs in 2016.