SPRINGFIELD — As the Democratic-controlled state Legislature mulls a constitutional amendment to change the state’s income tax structure, Republicans in the Illinois Senate are…
An estimated 1.4 million Illinois workers are on the verge of a pay hike — a pay hike nearly nine years in the making. A proposal to increase the state’s minimum wage now…
The indifference to gun violence in the black community is unconscionable, according to a state senator who represents some of the areas hardest hit with violence. “When dozens of…
After first being introduced 15 years ago, a bill to require Illinois gun dealers to obtain a license from the state passed out of the Illinois Senate April 27 with a 30-21 vote and…
Illinois teachers are another step closer to being assured of at least a $40,000 salary. The Illinois Senate last week approved a plan that would raise the minimum salary for teachers…
Illinois’ first female caucus leader in the General Assembly, Christine Radogno (R-Lemont), was lauded by both Democrat and Republican lawmakers when she announced June 28 she was…
The complicated bill bundle hashed out by the Illinois Senate leaders at the end of the General Assembly’s “lame duck” session appears to be a scaffold on which a state budget…
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