Opinion: Enough is enough for Illinois
— June 29, 2016The following editorial was written by the Editorial Board of the State Journal-Register in Springfield and the newspaper is sharing it with news outlets across Illinois to publish…
The following editorial was written by the Editorial Board of the State Journal-Register in Springfield and the newspaper is sharing it with news outlets across Illinois to publish…
The statistics do not lie. As the most current data will vividly reveal, communities across Illinois are in the midst of a harrowing fight against heroin, fentanyl and other types of…
Illinois nannies, housekeepers and caregivers for the elderly and disabled are on their way to minimal job protections other workers take for granted, if a new law is signed by Gov….
If there is a bright side to the state budget quagmire, at least Gov. Bruce Rauner and House Speaker Michael Madigan have restrained from calling each other “facetious pettifoggers.”…
The Independent Maps group announced May 24 that they had passed a signature inspection by the Illinois State Board of Elections that moved the proposed redistricting amendment one…
Illinois legislators in the General Assembly were surprised when Riverside Police Chief Tom Weitzel came to testify at the Illinois House Appropriations Human Services budget hearing,…
The state budget impasse could continue well into July as no pressing deadlines are looming. “We will get there,” state Rep. Mark Batinick (R-Plainfield) said. “Both sides are…