Audit panel reviewing state lease deal that some call an affront to taxpayers
By Michael Carroll and Greg Bishop
May 26, 2017
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Mike Hoffman, acting director of the Illinois Department of Central Management Services, testified Thursday...
HB3653 SAFE-T Act Law Effective January 1st
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Prohibits a custodial arrest for Class B misdemeanors such as trespassing, window
peeking, squatting, or loitering, which may only result...
Illinois House Democrats re-elected state Rep. Mike Madigan to his longtime post as House Speaker Jan. 11.
Madigan is now set to become the longest-serving House speaker in modern U.S. history. By the end of his two-year term in 2019,...
The new budget plan coming out of the Illinois Senate does little to nothing to reform the state’s reckless spending and financial mismanagement, but does plenty to hurt state taxpayers.
Illinois Senate members have a drafted a new budget plan...
Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner won the 2014 gubernatorial election on a 44-point Turnaround Agenda meant to “shake up Springfield.”
Rauner understood Illinoisans’ need for change. They were suffering under the worst jobs recovery in the nation. Homeowners were being squeezed by the nation’s highest property...
There were two offenders convicted of property crimes released on parole in University Park during 2018, according to Illinois Department of Corrections data obtained by the Will County Gazette. Read more..
From Illinois Review
STATE REP CALLS FOR CHICAGO TO BE 51ST STATE
SPRINGFIELD - Thursday, State Rep Brad Halbrook , with the support of his downstate colleagues Chris Miller and Darren Baileyintroduced HR 101, suggesting that Illinois split into two states between the City of Chicago...
ILLINOIS BUDGET PROPOSAL WITH MULTI-BILLION TAX HIKES, CUTS SENT TO TOP OFFICIALS
KEVIN HOFFMAN
REBOOT STAFF
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With just more than two weeks remaining in the legislative session, a group of rank-and-file legislators Thursday sent a budget...
City of Crest Hill Civil Service Commission met 8 a.m. Thursday, September 5. Read more..
By Tedd Neitzke 1/29/2016 Concerned Citizen
The Democrats sent you a budget for 36 billion dollars, 4 billion dollars more than Illinois will take in. I say to you, "Sign It!" That is step one. Step two would be to...
