“I’ve had this truck for four years. But we get tickets every week. And that’s not a good feeling but we need to fight the fight. We have a lot of unemployed people in Chicago who need to make something of themselves in this business. “We fight because I get repeat customers every day and...
Chicago Public Schools officials had an opportunity to enact serious reforms addressing the district’s dire financial condition, but they instead opted to further burden Chicago taxpayers without offering any change.
A new law signed by Gov. Bruce Rauner on Aug. 5 gives McHenry and Lake counties the authority to consolidate and dissolve units of local government within their boundaries, a power granted to DuPage County in 2013.
More realistic investment return assumptions by the Teachers’ Retirement System mean Illinois taxpayer contributions to the fund could rise by hundreds of millions of dollars. Ending teacher pension pickups would alleviate the burden on Illinois taxpayers.
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.