Gov. Bruce Rauner spoke about his concerns about Airbnb's engagement in what he called discriminatory practices during a press conference Nov. 29.

With Illinois Gov.-elect J.B. Pritzker setting a deadline to raise the state's minimum wage to $15 an hour, a data analyst for a research foundation warns such an increase would be bad for the state.

In Ted Dabrowski’s eyes, Illinois lawmakers' track record of financial failures are almost as endless as the state’s ever-increasing debt load.

Rep. Stephanie Kifowit (D-Aurora) apologized to Rep. Peter Breen (R-Lombard) for her comments on Nov. 27, when she said she wanted to give Breen and his family a broth of legionella.

Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) expressed her displeasure for a recent House bill that would create tax increment allocation financing extensions for ordinances in several cities in Illinois passes during the Nov. 15 House floor session.

A Senate bill that would have changed the sunset date on previous legislation involving the privatization of public water systems was removed from the record Nov. 15.

Tim Schneider, Illinois Republican Party chairman, is calling for the resignation of state Rep. Stephanie Kifowit (D-Aurora) after she refused to apologize for remarks some insist wished death upon family members of a colleague at the height of testy House floor debate.

For all the fault he finds in House Resolution 1225, David Williams isn’t surprised to hear Illinois lawmakers are supporting it.

Illinois' vendor debt increased for the week ending Oct.31, finishing at $7,767,600,175.05.

Despite House Speaker Michael Madigan's more than four decades in power, Democratic state representative-elect Anne Stava-Murray (D-Naperville) is determined to oppose him.

Illinois State Rifle Association (ISRA) executive director Richard A. Pearson, in a bulletin recently sent to members, warned state residents that they may soon face what he called the same perils as those faced by gun owners across much of the country.

John W. Hollman, executive clerk of the Illinois House of Representatives, will be chief clerk for the remainder of the 100th General Assembly. His appointment was approved Nov. 13.

Rep. Grant Wehrli (R-Naperville) and State Sen. Sue Rezin (R-Peru), along with several other legislators, held a press conference on Nov. 13 at the State Capitol to support the override of Gov. Bruce Rauner's veto of a bill involving car sharing.

The Illinois General Assembly on Nov. 13 passed a joint resolution to honor those who died in the Tree of Life Synagogue mass shooting in Pittsburgh in October.

Recently concluded midterm elections brought to the fore the important roles played by "down ballot" elected officers in the state's municipalities. Throughout the state, 2019 will see a spate of elections for local candidates including mayors, council members, aldermen, trustees, treasurers and clerks.

Late last month, the Teachers’ Retirement System (TRS) announced it needed an additional $400 million from Springfield next fiscal year, which begins July 2019.

Eugene Keefe argues that Senate Bill 904 lurks as an ever-greater disaster waiting to happen in relationship to doctors and hospitals across the state being able to get compensated in a timely manner.

Lawyers for the campaign of Governor-elect JB Pritzker have responded to a lawsuit brought by a group of Pritzker campaign workers, in which they accuse campaign officials of racial discrimination and other charges, saying the lawsuit suffers from a lack of “well-pleaded factual allegations” and so should be dismissed.

Longtime House Speaker Mike Madigan (D-Chicago) and newly elected Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s may soon find themselves locked in a game of "who’s the boss?" when it comes to who holds final say over their Democratic caucus.

Illinois State Rifle Association (ISRA) Executive Director Richard A. Pearson worries that Senate Bill 3637 will be just the start of newly empowered Democrats assaulting law-abiding gun owners.