Gov. Bruce Rauner’s signature authorizing Belleville Township to dissolve highlights a flawed process that prevents consolidation in a state that desperately needs it.
“I was born poor and I will die poor. The best inheritance I can give to my children is an education.”
"Nací pobre y me moriré pobre. La mejor herencia que le puedo dejar a mis hijos es una educación".
Reforming Illinois’ workers’ compensation laws could save state and local governments hundreds of millions of dollars per year.
The achievement gaps between white and Hispanic students in Illinois’ public schools, and the need to fundamentally reform the education system.
New “rocket docket” reform could reduce lengthy pretrial jail stays for some accused of minor property crimes, saving Illinois taxpayers up to $143 per inmate each day.
Is criminally charging the parents of a truant child an appropriate way to handle missing class?
Representatives in the Illinois House must decide whether to override Gov. Bruce Rauner’s veto of the government-worker union arbitration bill or to stand up for their tax-paying constituents.
Nonprofit organizations that receive taxpayer money advocate for higher taxes on the taxpayers who fund their operations and salaries.
A Springfield budget stalemate comes with embarrassing consequences for Illinois government.
The state is now nearly 60 days into its fiscal year with the only significant portion of its budget approved being for primary and secondary education.