New bills aims to deliver on campaign promises of greater government transparency.
Just because a public entity wants land doesn’t mean it should be able to take it for any reason.
Illinois’ endless list of state statutes could use some spring cleaning.
Local-government employees are typically barred from serving in local elected office, given they’d be sitting on both sides of the bargaining table. But one group of public employees is exempt from this sensible safeguard: firefighters.
Universities are supposed to be safe havens for controversial ideas, but at least 10 Illinois universities have one or more policies that clearly and substantially restrict freedom of speech.
In a state notorious for its troubles with public corruption, the loss of a leader like Dave Schmidt will leave a void that will be difficult to fill.
There are transformational changes on the horizon in Illinois.
Lack of school choice, a stifling regulatory climate and high taxes puts Illinois in the bottom third of the country on the First in Freedom Index.
District superintendents and the regional superintendent from Rock Island County coordinated with an active political action committee to push a sales-tax hike.
How village officials used public money to pad the pockets of one of the most successful artists of all time, and tried to keep it a secret.
Issuing seven new executive orders and rescinding seven others, along with delivering a State of the State address, the new governor has had a busy first month in office.
The start of a new year always comes with resolutions for improvement, but only time will tell if they translate into effective action.
Research found more than half of the mayor’s top 100 donors benefitted from city government, “receiving contracts, zoning changes, business permits, pension work, board appointments, regulatory help or some other tangible benefit.”
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