Lawmakers have not earned the right to borrow billions more. They were unable to pay down the states massive backlog of bills with a $7 billion tax hike how does anyone think theyll be able to do it with $2.5 billion in borrowing?
Politicians on this side of the Atlantic, especially in Illinois, would do well to consider Margaret Thatchers example.
Corruption charges have rocked the city of Dixon once in the last year, but now a second scandal caused by a lack of online transparency has reared its ugly head.
For governments like the ones in Stockton and Illinois, government worker pension plans need ambitious investment returns of nearly 8 percent year in and year out to fund the overly generous benefits officials have handed out
The study, drawing upon data from more than 7,000 small business owners, provides new insights into state and local business environments across the nation.
The price of Illinois bad behavior continues to go up.
Caterpillar Inc., one of the dozens of companies to receive special tax breaks after Illinois record 2011 income tax hike, recently announced plans to lay off more than 460 employees this June at its plant in Decatur.
A recent amendment to House Bill 494 is aiming to establish a three-year moratorium on virtual schools in Illinois. The amendment was introduced by state Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia, D-Aurora, who represents one of the districts that would under the charter.
Illinois Policy Institute CEO John Tillman joined Tom Miller on WJPF Radio to discuss pension reform in Illinois.
Voters in Macomb might feel a little bit of déjà vu when they look at their ballots on Tuesday and see Kay Hill and Steven Wailand vying for the second district alderman seat.
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Back in February, Illinois Senate Democrats pushed through Senate Bill 26, which would impose ObamaCares massive expansion of Medicaid on Illinois.
In January 2012, the Illinois Auditor Generals office set up a fraud hotline to provide Illinoisans a way to sound the alarm on corruption. After all, Illinois is the third-most corrupt state in America.
Too bad Puerto Rico isnt a state. If it were, Puerto Rico, and not Illinois, would have the nations worst-funded pension system and the countrys worst credit rating.