Creating more jobs, spending within the state’s means, ending the practice of borrowing to cover the state’s deficits, addressing the state’s pension crisis, and lowering

“Be Alarmed!”, a new program being pushed by the State Fire Marshal and Illinois Fire Safety Alliance will provide free smoke alarms, education about fire

Both the state and federal governments are now accepting 2017 income tax returns. The Illinois Department of Revenue says that filing tax returns electronically and

Nearly all school districts represented by State Sen. Chapin Rose (R-Mahomet) will lose thousands to hundreds of thousands of dollars in tier funding under legislation

State of the State Illinois lawmakers will return to the Capitol next week for three scheduled days of session on Jan. 30 and 31, and

Many jobs continue to pay women less than their male counterparts who are performing the same job duties. That’s why Sen. Rose is co-sponsoring legislation

The Illinois Department of Revenue (IDOR) will begin accepting 2017 individual state returns on Jan. 29, the same day that the federal Internal Revenue Service

Lawmakers from both the Senate and House held the fourth in a series of joint committee hearings to discuss the possibility of legalizing and taxing

Illinois motorists would have the option to register their vehicles for more than one year at a time under Senate Bill 2293, which would allow

A bipartisan measure introduced during the week would set aside $16.3 million from the School Infrastructure Fund for the expansion of high-speed Internet to rural