Director Raymond Poe and State Fair Manager Kevin Gordon unveiled a new look for the future of the Illinois State Fair April 4 with the theme of Generations of Fun! “This new…
“Where’s the Democrat Turnaround Agenda?” This was the rhetorical question posed in 2016 by columnists and political analysts in Chicago and downstate after the first year of…
Members of the Illinois General Assembly paused for a rain delay in their bitter partisan budget feud March 8 for a special proclamation honoring the Chicago Cubs baseball team. In…
The state’s “grand bargain” budget process may have been more harmed than helped by Gov. Bruce Rauner’s budget address to the General Assembly Feb. 15. Skeptical Democrats snickered,…
Happy New Laws! More than 200 new laws went into effect this week as we entered a new year – everything from reducing the tax on tampons and other feminine products to simplifying…
Legalizing recreational cannabis use — and an expected tax windfall — will likely appear on the General Assembly agenda next year, said Chicago legislators Sen. Heather Steans and…
Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner may be a billionaire who’s recently donated $50 million to his own campaign, but to some Illinois Democrats he appears vulnerable. Several high-profile…
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…
One killed, another injured in ...One man was killed and another man was injured Monday night in ...
Chicago West Side workforce development ...As Aspire Center for Workforce Innovation, the new workforce development and social ...
Pritzker signs executive order responding ...SPRINGFIELD — Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed an executive order July 14 requiring ...
Chicago man charged with hate ...A Chicago man faces multiple felonies in connection with properties being defaced ...
