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

The latest report from the Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) shows the state ended July with an unemployment rate of 5.8 percent, down from

Gov. Rauner signed legislation during the week that supporters said is an example of what can be accomplished when political parties and opposing interests work

One bright spot for Illinois’ future remains its institutions of higher learning. Illinois universities and colleges are among the best in the nation and the

With both corn and soybean crops nearing maturity, farmers are prepping their combines to get ready for harvest 2015. According to the United States Department

Another spending measure was pushed through by Senate Democrats this week in the absence of a state budget. The Monetary Award Program (MAP), which provides