If state lawmakers fail to pass a balanced budget by a three-fifths majority vote, essential programs will be harmed. But thanks to House Speaker Mike Madigan and Senate President John Cullerton, politicians will still get their paychecks.

The broken state budget proposed by House Speaker Mike Madigan includes spending on wine production, mosquito abatement and a student newspaper.

If Madigan wants borrowing, tax hikes or some combination of the two, he should present his wish list to Illinois taxpayers.

Piecemeal fixes to the state’s property-tax problem have failed. It’s time to give the purse strings back to average Illinoisans.

Illinois taxpayers celebrate Tax Freedom Day nearly two weeks after their peers in neighboring states.

How an SEIU contract sticks Illinois taxpayers with the costs of rising premiums under ObamaCare.

State lawmakers and the city of Chicago owe taxpayers an honest assessment. It's a sad state of affairs when we have to get that assessment from a bond guru in Kentucky.

Lake County gets back just 73 cents for every dollar it pays into the LGDF.