Illinois’ attorney general claims local Right-to-Work ordinances violate federal labor laws. But she’s wrong: Federal law doesn’t preempt Illinois state law on this issue.

Illinois has the second-highest labor-union participation rate among neighboring states.

Neighboring states have seen the light. Illinois needs to have its own Right-to-Work realization, or be left behind.

Unions say state law forces them to represent all government workers – even those who don’t want to belong to a union. The catch? That’s what unions asked for.

If people are forced to pay money to unions, they should at the very least have easy access to a detailed account of how their money is spent.

Simple logic. Respect for rights. These are things Illinoisans are not used to seeing from their state government, so perhaps it’s understandable that some are having trouble understanding what Rauner has done and why he has done it.

Big spending at hotels, holiday parties and retirement events is financed by forced dues.

Illinois’ biggest public-sector unions fail to meet the standard for nonprofits.

In 2013, SEIU Healthcare Illinois-Indiana spent a total of $1.5 million on such things as hotels, air travel, rental cars, and restaurants and catering. These “extras” represent the money of 3,092 members and nonmembers, or 3.3 percent of the union’s total membership.