Overturning a 41-year precedent, the U.S. Supreme Court today handed down a decision empowering worker’s rights advocates that could essentially destabilize the financial structure of unions.

Indicating an overall increase in job growth, statistics for April 2018 display the lowest unemployment rate in Illinois in the last dozen years, the Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) announced recently.

A grass-roots effort on social media resulted in a first-of-its-kind rally in Springfield on March 6 with supporters from across the state coming out against a proposal that would bar children younger than 12 from playing tackle football in youth sports programs.