Under the stopgap budget, Illinois will spend $8 billion more than it collects in tax revenues; Illinois needs to enact major reforms to rein in its out-of-control spending and avoid billions in tax hikes.
While neighboring states are making themselves friendlier for farmers, Illinois keeps its unfair death tax in place.
Two bills attempting to provide taxpayer-funded training programs for SEIU would have been costly for the state.
A potential strike from the state’s largest government-worker union would be the first of its kind, and could cost its members the most.
More than 60 percent of Illinois’ state legislative races in 2016 will be uncontested.
Eliminating barriers to opportunity would benefit both ex-offenders and the state of Illinois.
A bill that has been sent to Gov. Bruce Rauner would hamstring the state in subcontracting for medical services for inmates of the Illinois Department of Corrections, compromising the state’s ability to provide the best, most cost-effective care.
Effective immediately, possession of up to 10 grams of marijuana in Illinois is punishable by a fine, instead of a misdemeanor with possible jail time.
New law would tackle wasteful spending by local governments, and be a welcome change for taxpayers.
Lake Zurich Community Unit School District 95 joins a growing number of Illinois school districts instituting biometric-information-based technology for purchases, raising concerns about privacy.
Taxpayers in Peru, Ill. will have the option this November to dissolve their township, which could eliminate waste and ease their tax burden.
Illinois lawmakers pay themselves the fifth-highest annual lawmaker base salary in the country.
The Illinois Nurses Association is lobbying for a bill that would force taxpayers to pay for Illinois Department of Corrections medical employees who are no longer needed and would impede the state’s ability to subcontract to improve medical services for inmates.