Both Gov. Pat Quinn and President Barack Obama called for an increase in the minimum wage when they made their respective State of the State and State of the Union speeches.
When destitute people die in Illinois, the state often pays for their funeral and burial expenses.
Preparing for the known and unknown
Today, former Dixon Comptroller Rita Crundwell was sentenced to 235 months more than 19.5 years in prison.
Institute Senior Director of Government Affairs, Matt Paprocki, joined ABC 20 to discuss legislative committee stipends, which are a waste. State lawmakers make about $65,000 a year for a job many of you think is part time. But that?s not all you pay them. If a lawmaker is a chairman or a spokesman for a...
A WCIA-3 News investigation focused specifically on office furniture. It found three departments among the biggest spenders: the comptroller, secretary of state and IDOT.
R.J. Moeller and guests discuss everything from politics to sports to movies to meatball hoagies. R.J. is the featured podcast on American Enterprise Institute’s “Values and Capitalism” website. R.J. recently interviewed Institute CEO, John Tillman. They discussed individual sovereignty, John’s conservatarian views and his journey to the Illinois Policy Institute.
In a joint press conference today in Chicago, Gov. Pat Quinn and U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius announced the federal governments approval of a federal-state partnership ObamaCare insurance exchange in Illinois, in accordan
The American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees, or AFSCME, Council 31 sent a message to its employees last week urging them to prepare for a walkout.
Sometimes it seems Gov. Pat Quinn vacillates more than a pendulum on a grandfather clock.
Recent calculations have put the total level of states unfunded pension debt at more than $2.5 trillion.
The states largest employee union is urging its members to be prepared for the possibility of a strike.
If you owed more than $30,000 on your credit cards and were strapped for cash, would you spend $1,500 on a new home entertainment system?
Faced with the prospect of lean financial times, the West Chicago Elementary District 33 school board decided it would be prudent to reduce automatic annual pay increases and lengthen the amount of time it takes for teachers to reach the top of pay scale