A group led by former Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn is one step closer to getting a binding referendum question on the November ballot that would place term limits on the mayor of Chicago.
Gov. Bruce Rauner vetoed a measure that would let Lake County voters elect an assessor, suggesting that it apply to all counties instead.
Due to a payroll error, a part-time school library worker was overpaid $66,000 over five years, but will only be required to pay back half that amount under a settlement agreement between the school district, the employee and her union.
Chicago’s legal smoking age of 21 would have been expanded statewide under the proposal.
The Democratic nominee in the Cook County assessor’s race is voicing support for a ban on city aldermen doubling as property tax appeals attorneys, an arrangement that encourages conflicts of interest.
More than 60 sitting state representatives have received money from Madigan over the course of their careers, totaling around $15 million.
One of the state’s poorest communities is already facing enormous financial pressures.
A bill signed into law by Gov. Bruce Rauner will allow for multi-year car registration.
The new law will bring more transparency to Illinois school districts’ administrative costs, which are among the highest in the nation.
With the signing of Senate Bill 2543, taxpayers could soon see savings – and more efficiency – in local government.
The South Side alderman had been charged with stealing charity donations to finance his daughter’s college tuition payments and casino getaways in Indiana, among other offences.
Laws barring taprooms from serving hard cider – and craft beer produced by other breweries – are among the regulations bounced by House Bill 4897.
A recent analysis confirms what many Illinoisans already know: While red-light cameras serve as reliable sources of revenue, they do not improve public safety.
Thirty years ago Aug. 8, the Chicago Cubs played their first game under lights at Wrigley Field – after first battling Chicago politicians for the right to do so.