A new ordinance would ban all cars with autonomous technology from Chicago, preventing Uber from expanding the fleet of self-driving vehicles it recently introduced in Pittsburgh.
Limiting how much units of government can raise taxes could provide much-needed relief for overtaxed Illinoisans.
On Sept. 2, a state administrative law judge issued a 400-page recommendation regarding the status of contract negotiations between Illinois and the state’s largest government-worker union. Three important things to know about the decision include: the state and AFSCME are in uncharted territory in their negotiation-related proceedings, the judge found the parties have reached impasse on 5 of 12 contested issues and the judge questioned AFSCME’s testimony and behavior during negotiations.
One in every 1,100 homes in Illinois is in bank-owned foreclosure.
New law reduces the rate for which Illinois’ adult and juvenile corrections facilities can contract for inmate telephone service.
Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan’s current tax-and-spend policies and protection of special interests stand in contrast to the speaker’s past statements declaring the need for economic growth and opportunity.
“When I was a kid this is what I used to make with my grandmother. She would always make two batches of tamales: one batch [to] sell and one batch for family. For family there would be a lot more meat, a lot more flavor, a lot more lard. There would be nothing from a...
Enjoy Life Foods relocates manufacturing and distribution facility from Chicago suburbs to Indiana.
Gov. Bruce Rauner has signed a bill allowing ex-offenders with certain drug convictions to apply for jobs with Illinois park districts within seven years of completing a prison sentence or probation.
The Land of Lincoln’s out-migration crisis is the most severe in the region and worsening over time.
Illinois lags the rest of the Midwest in recovering from the recession.
August records summer-high job losses, including 495 in manufacturing.
Gov. Bruce Rauner has laid off dozens of workers at a state agency, all political hires under previous governors.