Bruce Rauner

Rauner signs law axing golden parachutes at community colleges

By Austin Berg

09/23/2015

The new law ensures public oversight of lucrative contracts, such as the one granted to embattled College of DuPage President Robert Breuder.

TAGS: College of DuPage, higher education, waste

Illinois’ statewide, unfunded mandates limit school-district budget flexibility

By John Klingner

09/21/2015

It’s time to end Illinois’ practice of mandating spending and curriculum requirements – and give control back to local school districts.

TAGS: Bruce Rauner, education, property taxes

AFSCME files suit to stop state layoffs and guarantee step-pay raises

By Mark Fitton

09/21/2015

It’s back to court for state and its unions.

TAGS: AFSCME: American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees, Leslie Munger

Rauner fires Illinois Lottery private manager

By Hilary Gowins

09/20/2015

Increased sales were outweighed by richer payouts.

TAGS: illinois lottery

August jobs report for Illinois: Manufacturing jobs drop by 2,200 in August, down 9,800 for 2015

By Michael Lucci

09/17/2015

Illinois lost 2,200 manufacturing jobs in August and is down nearly 10,000 on the year.

TAGS: manufacturing

Illinois pays millions in pension benefits to the dead

By Austin Berg

09/14/2015

More than 1,000 dead Illinoisans received pension payments from 2010 to 2014, according to government records.

TAGS: fraud, waste

What happens when Illinois taxpayers refused to be ignored

By Jim Long

09/13/2015

All is not lost in the Land of Lincoln.

Rauner signs law shining light on government golden parachutes

By Austin Berg

09/12/2015

The new law is designed to expose severance agreements like the one given to controversial College of DuPage President Robert Breuder.

TAGS: College of DuPage, waste

Illinois Medicaid expansion enrollment at nearly double original projections

By Jonathan Ingram

09/11/2015

Illinois’ costs for the ObamaCare Medicaid expansion could be nearly $1.5 billion higher than originally expected as the state has added 633,671 able-bodied adults to the rolls.

AFSCME, Rauner reach another deal to keep talking

By Mark Fitton

09/11/2015

Both the administration and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Council 31 have agreed to stay at the table until they reach impasse.

TAGS: AFSCME: American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees

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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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