Lawmakers stand for spending cap in Springfield

By Joe Tabor

04/27/2018

A constitutional amendment to impose fiscal discipline on state lawmakers is gaining bipartisan support.

TAGS: balanced budget requirement, budget, Michael Connelly, spending, spending cap, taxes, Tom Cullerton

Resolution would create special state task force on property tax appeals

By Brendan Bakala

07/26/2017

House Joint Resolution 69 would create a special task force to investigate and report on state and local property tax assessment, appeals processes and other property tax policies.

TAGS: Ed Burke, housing, Jeanne Ives, John Cullerton, Joseph Berrios, Michael Connelly, property taxes, Robert Martwick

Bill preventing pension double dipping awaits Rauner’s signature

06/02/2017

House Bill 418 would prevent retired police officers from double dipping in the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund, which has placed a burden on taxpayers at the local level.

TAGS: Grant Wehrli, IMRF: Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund, Michael Connelly, municipal pensions, pensions

Rauner signs law allowing ‘right to try’ experimental drugs

By Heather Weiner

08/05/2015

The Right to Try Act will allow terminally ill patients access to experimental medical treatments.

TAGS: Michael Connelly, right to try

New law increases scrutiny of Illinois’ ailing pension funds

By Heather Weiner

08/04/2015

HB 422 mandates more frequent examination of Illinois’ pension funds and promotes a much-needed increase in state retirement fund oversight.

TAGS: Bruce Rauner, Michael Connelly, Tom Morrison

Pathway to a Profession: How Apprenticeships Could Reshape Illinois’ Beauty Service Industry

Occupational licensing requirements present one of the steepest barriers to low-income Illinoisans starting careers in beauty services. Illinois requires anyone seeking to become a barber, cosmetologist, nail technician or hair braider to obtain a state license, essentially a permission slip to work. Unlike 45 other states, Illinois offers only one pathway to licensure for each...

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Michael Connelly

Lawmakers stand for spending cap in Springfield

Resolution would create special state task force on property tax appeals

Bill preventing pension double dipping awaits Rauner’s signature

Rauner signs law allowing ‘right to try’ experimental drugs

New law increases scrutiny of Illinois’ ailing pension funds

Pathway to a Profession: How Apprenticeships Could Reshape Illinois’ Beauty Service Industry

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Diana Graham

Process for unionizing non-state workers raises red flags

CBS Chicago: Illinois’ highest-paid superintendent receives $400K per year to oversee 1,200 students