The Illinois Teachers’ Retirement System’s adoption of more realistic investment return assumptions would cause the system’s unfunded liabilities to grow by about $6 billion above their current $62 billion level.
More than 1 in 5 Illinois households rely on food stamps to make ends meet.
The Illinois Supreme Court affirmed an earlier decision keeping the legislative mapmaking process in political hands.
Gov. Bruce Rauner’s pen writes a storybook ending for a single mom from Decatur.
Illinois House Bill 6601 would restrict Pokémon Go players from entering certain areas.
New data released by the Illinois Department of Insurance reveal premiums for health insurance plans on Illinois’ ObamaCare exchange could soar by an average of 44 to 55 percent in 2017.
The Land of Lincoln’s job-killing policies are hurting minority communities increasingly hard, while black unemployment in pro-growth states remains significantly lower.
On Aug. 22, Gov. Bruce Rauner signed into law a bill that prevents the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation from using irrelevant criminal convictions as a basis for denying licenses to applicants seeking to work as barbers, cosmetologists, hair braiders, estheticians, nail technicians, roofing business owners or funeral directors.
Deere & Co. plans to lay off 115 manufacturing workers by late September.
Manufacturers are struggling with unfavorable global conditions, and Illinois’ anti-growth policies are only hurting the state’s industrial sector more.
Mayor Larry Russell was charged in Whiteside County on one count of stealing $764 from a city bank account.