All of Illinois will be under tighter restrictions starting Wednesday, with Gov. J.B. Pritzker imposing an indoor dining ban as his answer to the spread of COVID-19.
While acknowledging the harm it would do to the state economy and working Illinoisans, Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton claimed lawmakers would be ‘forced’ to look at hiking everyone’s taxes due to the budget crisis.
Illinois politicians have Illinoisans arguing over tax hikes and tax schemes instead of what’s really needed to fix our state – spending reforms. Skyrocketing pension costs are the elephant in the room and yet no one is talking about them.It’s pension reform that should be on the Nov. 3rd ballot.
Ten years ago, the Chicago Tribune reported that “negative politics are creeping into” the upcoming retention race of Illinois Supreme Court Justice Thomas Kilbride.
Just as highly important information on antibody testing has started to come in for other states, Governor J.B. Pritzker recently announced that he will de-prioritize that testing. He's withholding results collected so far in Illinois.
The closing of meat packing plants because of the COVID-19 pandemic is hammering the pork industry and meat farmers who are finding fewer and fewer places to process their products for market consumption.
A court-appointed monitor of Illinois' government hiring practices says Gov. Pritzker has 'diminished' her ability to communicate with state personnel, harming efforts to complete a reform plan.
There is little doubt the FBI is targeting the longtime House speaker and Democratic political boss in their sweeping investigation of Illinois corruption.
Due to a pension sweetener available only to veteran Illinois lawmakers, Cullerton’s annual pension will soon be more than he ever made from his Statehouse salary.
Illinois is the second-most corrupt state in the nation, according to the University of Illinois-Chicago. And corruption costs the state economy at least $550 million per year. But the size and scope of government corruption is nothing new for Illinoisans.
