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Billionaire and Democratic gubernatorial candidate J.B. Pritzker donated more than $121,000 to Rod Blagojevich’s political aspirations, making him the fifth-largest donor to the now-disgraced for governor, according to the Illinois…

The Republican Governors Association (RGA) recently hailed Gov. Bruce Rauner for successfully negotiating conservative education reforms with Illinois’ Democratically controlled General Assembly.

Three Chicago publications recently helped the Illinois Republican Party’s ongoing efforts to show the connection between former Rod Blagojevich when he was governor and gubernatorial candidate J.B. Pritzker.

The current provider of medical and mental health services for Illinois prison inmates, Wexford Health, has, by any measure, an unhealthy track record: the Pittsburgh-based company recently was sued in…

Gov. Bruce Rauner will try to pay down some of Illinois’ overwhelming pile of debt by issuing $6 billion in bonds, according to a press release.

The Illinois Republican Party has put out a “Tax Hike Team” chart showing Democratic gubernatorial candidates’ supposed connections to House Speaker Michael Madigan (D-Chicago) as they begin to circulate their…

Illinois’ most-read newspaper sees what some legislators refuse to, according to the Illinois Republican Party: The state’s new education reform model gives schoolchildren a real chance to develop.

Illinois raised state income taxes by 32 percent this summer, supposedly to pay down its vendor debt, yet that debt has only increased, providing further proof that taxes will keep…

Gov. Bruce Rauner penned a column for the Daily Herald recently in which he described the recently enacted school funding reform as “the reason why I ran for governor in…

Not all intergovernmental agreements or contracts entered into by public agencies are legal, and the public should not feel intimidated by the law and fail to question the agreements, the…

A shrinking population and workforce is also cutting into Illinois’ income tax receipts, according to reports.

The historic new Illinois school funding bill enacted on Thursday will give money to where it is most needed, nnot only to schools but also to low- and middle-income students…

Illinois’ new school funding formula is drawing praise from media outlets throughout the state, the Illinois Republican Party reported recently.

Laurie Higgins says it’s time conservatives took a more courageous stand in the transgender birth certificate debate.

Gov. Bruce Rauner held off signing Illinois’ new school funding bill until “the good guys” got something they wanted, the Washington Post said in a recent editorial.

Matthew Besler is back in his lead role with the Illinois Opportunity Project after serving as chief strategic adviser for Citizens for Rauner Inc. since July, according to a press…

The Wall Street Journal has praised Gov. Bruce Rauner’s efforts in the school funding reform debate that led to the introduction of a school choice program in the reform legislation,…

The new public school funding bill recently passed by the Illinois Legislature includes a scholarship program that would award donated funds to students in lower-income families — up to 300…

Some Illinois legislators are questioning the value of the recently passed public school funding measure, Senate Bill 1947, because of its generous benefits to Chicago and other school districts that…

Gov. Bruce Rauner and Republicans throughout the state have been rallying in support of Rauner’s ongoing calls for reform and his re-election campaign, according to a press release from the…

Illinois schools will soon receive state funding payments through a new evidence-based model thanks to a compromise bill that Gov. Bruce Rauner is expected to sign into law on Thursday,…

Amid the more-controversial debates going on in the state Legislature the last few months, one important measure that drew little comment could be a major factor in reforming Illinois, the…

Police officers will not longer be able to “double dip” into the same pension fund thanks to legislation signed recently by Gov. Bruce Rauner, according to the Illinois Republican Party.

In a historic vote, the Illinois Senate set aside party politics on Tuesday and passed Senate Bill 1947, an education funding bill that changes the way the state sends money…