Illinois’ costs for the ObamaCare Medicaid expansion could be nearly $1.5 billion higher than originally expected as the state has added 633,671 able-bodied adults to the rolls.
Chicago’s 9 percent “Netflix tax” is illegal, and the Liberty Justice Center has sued the city to stop collecting it.
Both the administration and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Council 31 have agreed to stay at the table until they reach impasse.
To make Illinois smarter on crime and save taxpayer dollars, theft laws must be kept up to date
The failure of the General Assembly to pass a state budget prevents Illinois lottery winners from receiving their prize money.
IOUs continue to flow from a broken state government.
Poorly written workers’ compensation laws cost Illinois government hundreds of millions of dollars each year.
Chicago’s ban on food carts is costing the city jobs and revenue. The city has fallen behind its peers: Street vending from food carts is already legal in 23 of the 25 largest cities in the U.S. The Illinois Policy Institute conducted a survey of nearly 200 Chicago food-cart street vendors to assess the social...
How Illinois politicians turned what was meant to provide government workers with retirement security into a political slush fund.
In the history of the United States, no one has led a state legislative body longer than Mike Madigan.