The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) recognized the legislative record of an Illinois State House representative out of DeKalb County earlier this month.
An expanded state service is available to Rockford-area small businesses who need help accessing economic recovery grant programs, State Sen. Steve Stadelman (D-Rockford) said in a recent social media post and statement.
Pecatonica Township Supervisor Joe Musso's former habits of trying to control the township's office building and who may attend public meetings have been curtailed by a recently passed ordinance, a two-man Paris-based political activist group announced late last month.
The Land of Lincoln is suffering a number of financial woes, fueled in large part by unfunded pension liabilities, but neither Illinois nor any other state should expect a bailout from Uncle Sam, according to a resolution introduced into the senate last summer.
Even if Illinois state House Speaker Michael Madigan (D-Chicago) used "dirty tricks" to fend off 2016 primary challenger Jason Gonzales, the strategy allegedly employed was not illegal, according to a recent court filing.
The 21 state tax and fee hikes that total $4.7 billion are a nightmare of Freddy Krueger proportions, according to a Republican state representative from District 68's Facebook post earlier this month.
A Republican Illinois House representative from the 93rd District earlier this week renewed her call for fair maps and pushed support for an independent map-drawing petition following a U.S. Supreme Court decision not to hear gerrymander cases.
Rep. Joe Sosnowski (R-Rockford) is planning to co-host a town hall meeting today about Gov. J.B Pritzker's so-called "Fair Tax," which one online news outlet calls dishonest.
Illinois education officials are out to get half of the state's budget—and they just might—to the detriment of the state's taxpayers, according to an online Wirepoints newsletter issued earlier today.
Illinois's powerful House Speaker Michael Madigan (D-Chicago), earlier today revealed to be a target in the same FBI investigation that led to an extortion indictment against a Chicago alderman, is not accused of anything new, a think tank reported.
Illinois's outgoing Republican governor saw a few of his vetoes overridden during the Fall Veto Session in Springfield and a few new laws have been passed, a QUAD city area lawmaker said in a summary recap released last week.
Illinois's "other debt disaster" is $73 billion in unfunded state retiree health insurance benefits and more than twice that amount owed over the next four decades, according to a special report issued this week by an online news outlet.
Illinois Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) believes state lawmakers need to reject political pork spending that was hidden in the budget passed earlier this year.
Supporting a proposal to cut Illinois property taxes in half and a slate of political candidates who would help make that happen is part of Liberty Principles PAC's recently announced "Save Your Home" campaign.
Not only is Illinois' overall population in deep decline, the number of people in prime working age also is going down in the state, a Chicago-based Conservative think tank said in a recent report.
A Chicago think tank that says Illinois is missing out on billions of dollars in revenue by leaving retirement income untaxed hasn't thought that idea through, Sen. Dave Syverson (R-Rockford) said during a recent interview.
Concerns that Gov. Bruce Rauner's recent Cook County Republican Central Committee endorsement was a rigged outcome are unfounded, a Rockford lawmaker and Rauner supporter said during a recent interview.
Parents and students enrolled in the College Illinois prepaid tuition program, which closed to new investors last summer after falling $320 million short of its obligations, should not worry, Rep. Joe Sosnowski (R-Rockford) said during a recent interview.