The Illinois High School Association's defiance of Gov. J.B. Pritzker's attempts to put off the state's upcoming high school basketball season over COVID-19 concerns was the right choice, a Trenton basketball coach said.
A Clay County's judge's assertions that Illinois' stay-at-home order had spiraled into "insanity" and a ruling in favor of a Clay County business seem to have been predicted, at least in part, by a Salem-area resident.
The Land of Lincoln is suffering a number of financial woes, fueled in large part by unfunded pension liabilities, but neither Illinois nor any other state should expect a bailout from Uncle Sam, according to a resolution introduced into the senate last summer.
Illinois state Sen. Dale Fowler (R-Harrisburg) is expected to be among four General Assembly lawmakers attending the Senior Fair in Carbondale next week, according to an event announcement and information on the senator's website.
Even if Illinois state House Speaker Michael Madigan (D-Chicago) used "dirty tricks" to fend off 2016 primary challenger Jason Gonzales, the strategy allegedly employed was not illegal, according to a recent court filing.
A Republican Illinois House representative from the 93rd District earlier this week renewed her call for fair maps and pushed support for an independent map-drawing petition following a U.S. Supreme Court decision not to hear gerrymander cases.
Downstate voters know Springfield politicians very well, don't trust them and expect to be overtaxed by those lawmakers in the state capital, according to a freshman state representative.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker's proposed contract deal with American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) may be a victory for the state's largest public employee union, but a Sawyerville Republican activist said it is just more bad news for the rest of Illinois' taxpayers.
Illinois may have dug itself into a fiscal hole so deep that digging back out is not a practical option, retired Illinois state Sen. David Luechtefeld, a Republican of Okawville, said during a recent radio interview.
Illinois education officials are out to get half of the state's budget—and they just might—to the detriment of the state's taxpayers, according to an online Wirepoints newsletter issued earlier today.
Illinois's powerful House Speaker Michael Madigan (D-Chicago), earlier today revealed to be a target in the same FBI investigation that led to an extortion indictment against a Chicago alderman, is not accused of anything new, a think tank reported.
Illinois's outgoing Republican governor saw a few of his vetoes overridden during the Fall Veto Session in Springfield and a few new laws have been passed, a QUAD city area lawmaker said in a summary recap released last week.
Illinois's "other debt disaster" is $73 billion in unfunded state retiree health insurance benefits and more than twice that amount owed over the next four decades, according to a special report issued this week by an online news outlet.
Illinois Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) believes state lawmakers need to reject political pork spending that was hidden in the budget passed earlier this year.
Supporting a proposal to cut Illinois property taxes in half and a slate of political candidates who would help make that happen is part of Liberty Principles PAC's recently announced "Save Your Home" campaign.
Not only is Illinois' overall population in deep decline, the number of people in prime working age also is going down in the state, a Chicago-based Conservative think tank said in a recent report.
Greed, more than justice, may be behind the resignations of those accused of sexual harassment in the halls of the state legislature in Springfield, the Republican candidate for Illinois' 107th State House District said during a recent interview.
The undisguised glee in Springfield over reaching a budget signed by the governor earlier this week isn't quite loud enough to hide the truth about that budget, the Republican candidate for Illinois' 107th State House District said during a recent interview.
The controversy now surrounding the contested election for Republican State Central Committee in the 15th Congressional District could have been avoided if the state GOP had a more sensible voting system in place instead of a "slush system for insiders," a Marion County party official said during a recent interview.