Senate Democrats continued to play party politics with the budget impasse, muscling through Senate Bill 2046, which they said would pay for human services, municipalities,

State Comptroller Leslie Munger says the state’s backlog of unpaid bills could hit $8 billion by the end of the year if the state continues

IIlinois is ranked 48th overall in a survey released during the week surveying business leaders on the fairness and reasonableness of state liability systems by

State Sen. Chapin Rose and Dept. of Agriculture Director Philip Nelson hosted a free Tool Shed Town Hall meeting for area farmers, those in the

State Sen. Chapin Rose and Dept. of Agriculture Director Philip Nelson hosted a free Tool Shed Town Hall meeting for area farmers, those in the

With a narrow window before harvest begins, farmers from across the country joined with ag professionals from around the world at the 2015 Farm Progress

Despite rhetoric by some public sector union representatives that Gov. Rauner is attempting to “union bust,” the administration and the Teamsters agreed to a new four-year contract

Gov. Bruce Rauner’s veto of a controversial “binding arbitration” bill was upheld as House Speaker Michael Madigan failed to muster the necessary 71 votes to override. By some

Moody’s Investors Service issued a warning to Illinois policy makers this week, as the budgetary stalemate enters its third month. In a recent report, the credit rating

WHO:             State Senator Chapin Rose (R-Mahomet)                         Phil Nelson, Director of the Illinois Department of Agriculture                         WHAT:           State Sen. Chapin Rose and Dept. of