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Illinois finished 48th in new ranking of states most friendly to construction industry

By LGIS News Service | Mar 25, 2022

Illinois came in 48th among the 50 states and the District of Columbia in a new study by Associated Builders and Contractors Inc. that shows which states have policies and priorities most conducive to the construction industry.

Illinois House Majority Leader Harris slams Florida over anti-child sex grooming bill

By LGIS News Service | Mar 9, 2022

Illinois House Majority Leader Greg Harris (D-Chicago) is describing a Florida bill banning sex instruction for kindergartners as an attack on "LGBTQ families."

Illinois ranks 7th worst among the states in pothole complaints study

By LGIS News Service | Feb 16, 2022

Illinois ranked seventh among the 50 states in a new analysis by the insurance comparison platform QuoteWizard of pothole-related complaints.

Chicago finishes 27th in new ranking of cities ranked best for football fans

By LGIS News Service | Feb 16, 2022

Chicago came in 27th among the 245 cities examined in a new study by the WalletHub website showing which cities are most friendly to fans of either professional football or college football games.

Which Illinois school districts are going mask-optional? Update: Feb. 8, 10:03 p.m.

By LGIS News Service | Feb 8, 2022

See a running list here.

Teachers' Union Chief: Pritzker's forced masking required to create "normalcy" for Illinois children

By LGIS News Service | Feb 5, 2022

Illinois Federation of Teachers President Dan Montgomery said Saturday that a Sangamon County judge's order allowing children to attend school maskless is a "threat to public health" and that it prevents "normalcy at school."

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Illinois finished 37th overall in ranking of which states offer the most freedoms

By LGIS News Service | Jan 19, 2022

Illinois came in 37th among the 50 states in a new study by the CATO Institute showing which states provide the most economic and personal freedoms to their residents.

Illinois ranked 49th on 2021 U-Haul migration growth study

By LGIS News Service | Jan 19, 2022

Illinois finished near the bottom of a new ranking measuring migration growth among the states based on one-way U-Haul truck traffic leaving or entering their borders last year.

Illinois residents’ average credit card debt estimated at $5,365

By LGIS News Service | Jan 5, 2022

Illinois ranked 15th-highest among the 50 states and the District of Columbia in a ranking by the personal finance website MoneyGeek that calculated average amounts of credit card debt by location.

Illinois’ out-migration numbers rank third highest in new Census Bureau study

By LGIS News Service | Jan 5, 2022

Illinois lost 113,776 residents between July 1, 2020, and July 1 of this year due to out-migration to other states, representing the third highest population loss among all 50 states and the District of Columbia, a new federal study found.

Illinois among 8 states with long-term out-of-balance budgets

By LGIS News Service | Dec 8, 2021

Illinois’ revenues during the fiscal years 2005 to 2019 amounted to only 94.1% of the state’s total expenditures, putting Illinois in a group of only eight states with long-term negative fiscal balances, according to a new report from Pew Charitable Trusts.

Pritzker mourns deaths of 11 time child rapist Rosenbaum, domestic abuser Huber

By LGIS News Service | Nov 20, 2021

In a statement Friday on the not guilty verdict of Lake County teen Kyle Rittenhouse, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker mourned the deaths of the two men who tried to kill him, including child rapist Joseph Rosenbaum and fellow convicted violent criminal Anthony Huber.