A new Office of the Executive Inspector General (OEIG) report finds that former Southern Illinois University-Carbondale (SIUC) President Dr. Randy Dunn “improperly negotiated” several hires during his tenure as well as violated certain established hiring procedures.

Truth in Accounting founder Sheila Weinberg views the new $40 billion state spending plan that Gov. J.B. Pritzker has touted as a “real balanced budget” in the same light as all the previous budgets that have long kept Illinois in the red.

Illinois State Rifle Association (ISRA) leaders recently saluted members for turning out en masse for an End-of-Session Town Hall meeting in Deerfield hosted by anti-gun rights state Sen. Julie Morrison (D-Deerfield).

Reform for Illinois' Alisa Kaplan just wants to see Republican state Sen. Bill Brady (Bloomington) do the job the people of the 44th District entrusted him to do.

Bill Ward is convinced he knows who the real power brokers were behind the push for the enactment of House Bill 2838.

Edgar County Watchdog John Kraft has a simple rule of thumb when determining a Springfield lawmaker's ability to serve their constituents.

President Myles Mendoza and staffers at Empower Illinois, One Chance Illinois Action have no problem finding motivation for the work they do.

Massachusetts Sen. and Democratic presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren is singing the praises of new abortion legislation that critics insist will make Illinois “the abortion capital of the country.”

Illinois State Rifle Association (ISRA) executive director Richard Pearson is commending members for the battle they successfully waged in preventing "one of the most expansive gun control measures in recent history” from becoming law.

One Chance Illinois President Myles Mendoza is still rejoicing over his children's education advocacy group’s successful fight to save the state’s tax credit scholarship (TCS) program from the chopping block in Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s new 2019 state spending plan.

Republican state Rep. Grant Wehrli (Naperville) has just about had enough of Springfield’s smoke and mirrors.

Illinois Republican Party Chairman Tim Schneider has a message for any voters who are unhappy with the way the latest legislative session went in Springfield.

Illinois Right to Life Executive Director Mary Kate Knorr does not believe that all of the Springfield lawmakers who voted in favor of Senate Bill 25 truly support the controversial abortion legislation.

Illinois Citizens for Ethics (ICE-PAC) Director Mary-Louise Hengesbaugh is among the growing number of people speaking out against the way Springfield lawmakers have sought to ram through Senate Bill 25.

Insisting that “values matter,” Walter Payton College Prep Principal Tim Devine has ordered the school’s yearbook to be reprinted after the original edition featured six photos of students flashing the upside-down “OK” sign, a gesture that has gained notoriety in recent months for its ambiguous meanings.

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s success in pushing his progressive income tax proposal to the brink of becoming law is being celebrated as a “big win” for the new governor, but the online government watchdog organization Wirepoints sees it differently.

Democrats have proved relentless in their dogged push to get Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s proposed progressive income tax amendment to the finish line.

Wirepoints president Ted Dabrowski hints that the devil is probably in the details when it comes to the capital-improvements plan being pushed by Gov. J.B. Pritzker.

Even before Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s long sought-after graduated income-tax system passed the House to move one step closer to replacing the state’s flat income tax, Democratic state Rep. Yehiel Kalish (Chicago) held the position that the rates being proposed for a new tax are too low.

Illinois State Rifle Association executive director Richard Pearson sent out a bulletin to members on Monday encouraging them to be on guard for Senate Bill 1966.