With contract negotiations stalled between AFSCME (American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees) Council 31, Illinois’ largest public employee union, and Gov. Rauner’s administration,

The Education Funding Reform Commission issued its report to the General Assembly Feb. 1, highlighting ideas for how the legislature could craft a bipartisan solution

As vendors and healthcare providers who do business with the state of Illinois continue to wait months to be paid for services, a report from

State Sen. Chapin Rose received the Conservative Achievement Award from The American Conservative Union (ACU) for 2016. The organization says Sen. Rose was awarded the

Governor Bruce Rauner delivered his third State of the State address this week and used the opportunity to highlight some key accomplishments achieved by his

While no votes were taken this week, the Illinois Senate continued to negotiate and move forward with a comprehensive budget framework that would produce a

Illinois Senate lawmakers will begin holding committee hearings on a budget framework designed to reestablish fiscal stability and certainty, and get Illinois moving forward again.

The Illinois Department of Revenue will begin accepting 2016 state individual income tax returns on Monday, January 23rd, the same date that the Internal Revenue Service

This week Senate Bill 550 was signed into law, establishing additional standards to further protect Illinois children from possible exposure to lead in drinking water.

If the state’s historic budget impasse is to end any time soon, it could largely be due to a package of legislation unveiled in the