State lawmakers extended an exclusive pension boost to one Chicago alderman.
On Nov. 28 the Illinois Senate voted 44-1 to override Gov. Bruce Rauner’s veto on House Bill 5342, turning the bill into law. State Sen. Jim Oberweis, R-Sugar Grove, was the only...
State lawmakers are a step closer to extending an exclusive pension boost to one Chicago alderman.
On Nov. 14 the Illinois House of Representatives voted 80-27 to override Gov. Bruce Rauner’s veto on House Bill 5342. The bill will now...
Research From Latest US Climate Report Tied to 2 Major Democratic Donors
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The latest National Climate Assessment is linked to Tom Steyer's group Next Generation and to Michael Bloomberg's Bloomberg Philanthropies. Pictured: Steyer at a Washington news conference...
One Chicago-based think tank is claiming an accounting game can solve Illinois’ worst-in-the-nation pension problem. And Illinois’ incoming governor may be taking it seriously.
But that plan – pushed by the Center for Tax and Budget Accountability, or CTBA – fails...
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MORGAN CO., IL. (ECWd) –“The law is well settled that when the constitution or the laws of the State create an office, prescribe the duties of its incumbent and fix his compensation, no other person or board, except by...
While encouraging the Illinois Supreme Court to uphold Chicago’s food truck regulations – regulations that squeeze out popular mobile food vendors – the Illinois Restaurant Association denies that it is seeking protection from competition.
The Illinois Restaurant Association, or IRA, recently...
On the morning of Dec. 4, 5,800 students at Geneva Community Unit School District 304 schools stayed home while district teachers went on strike. The district cancelled all classes, field trips, after-school events and athletics for the day, according...
JW President @TomFitton on Capitol Hill: The Clinton Foundation issue is not a “private” scandal. It's a State Dept scandal, an FBI scandal, a DOJ scandal, a foreign potentate scandal, a shady corporation scandal, and a government transparency scandal....
Illinois was born 200 years ago this week. But another significant birthday should provoke pause, because it points the way forward for our struggling state.
Five years ago, on Dec. 5, 2013, then-Gov. Pat Quinn signed into law a suite...
