Former Illinois State Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) calls this Mike Madigan time in Springfield.

Government watchdog website Wirepoints argues that Gov. J.B. Pritzker's proposed progressive income tax system essentially puts Illinois in an impossible situation.

The Senate Appropriations II Committee heard testimony last week on the Fiscal Year 2020 budget for Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE).

Illinois home values have yet to return to pre-recession levels, making the state home to one of the worst recovery rates in the country.

In the matter of Illinois' Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Wirepoints' Ted Dabrowski believes lawmakers in Springfield are not seeing the forest for the trees.

Michael McHale, director of corporate communications for an emerging electric truck and SUV manufacturer, cautions that there will be no winners if Illinois lawmakers’ follow through with their ill-advised attempt to hike registration fees for electric vehicles (EVs) nearly 60 times over.

A coalition of Illinois small businesses recently spoke out against the hardships a proposed video-gaming tax hike would cause them, organizing a press conference under the heading Bet on Main Street.

A special-interest group spoke in opposition to the possibility of Illinois passing a bill that would legalize the recreational use of cannabis.

Standing in support of Georgia House Bill 481 comes as naturally as breathing for Illinois Right to Life Action Executive Director Mary Kate Knorr.

Pastor Eric Wallace believes the inmates are now running the asylum in Springfield when it comes to House Bill 246.

After conducting a national search to continue building a strong team of diverse experts in their fields, Governor JB Pritzker announced the following appointment:

A recent survey of mostly public district and public charter school teachers finds that most of them would rather negotiate their own contracts as opposed to be bound by collective bargaining-reached agreements.

Luke Dean Niforatos fears what may happen to Illinois if supporters of marijuana legalization legislation have their way.

State recognized nationally for progress with innovation and technology

Government watchdog group Ideas Illinois is fighting back against what it sees as Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s grand form of hypocrisy.

The fact that the Illinois budget situation has become a farce is no laughing matter to Ted Dabrowski.

Students residing in Illinois illegally would be eligible to receive taxpayer funded grants under a bill proposed by a trio of Democratic House members.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced the introduction of a bill that would legalize marijuana in Illinois for adults 21 and older, but plenty of critics believe it would be a dangerously wrong turn for the state.

The most recent amendment proposed for Illinois' sports betting bill would push out online and mobile sports wagering companies, but one managing director at a California gaming industry research firm says that should come as no surprise, considering where the idea came from.

Illinois Chamber of Commerce (ICC) President and CEO Todd Maisch fails to see the good that can come from lawmakers’ in Springfield enacting House Bill 2838.