Bruce Rauner

BREAKING NEWS: Court allows state workers to challenge mandatory union fees

05/19/2015

Ruling issued late Tuesday allows three employees of Illinois state government to challenge so-called “fair share” fees

5 things you need to know about Chicago’s credit downgrades

By Austin Berg

05/19/2015

Talk of the next Detroit rings truer now than ever before.

Record number of Illinoisans out of workforce, labor participation rate at 37-year lows

By Michael Lucci

05/18/2015

March jobs data offer a glimpse into what’s driving hoards of Illinoisans out of the state.

TAGS: jobs

State pride and the Turnaround Agenda

By Jim Long

05/15/2015

An Illinois comeback demands transformational change.

TAGS: turnaround agenda

Illinois’ property taxes are out of control, let taxpayers take driver’s seat

By David Giuliani

05/13/2015

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

TAGS: budget, property taxes, taxes

Corruption Watch: April 2015

By Shawn Tonge

05/08/2015

April saw two major players in Illinois education ensnared in charges of cronyism, among more than 60 other corruption-related stories.

TAGS: good government

Illinois’ layers and layers of government ripe for consolidation

By David Giuliani

05/07/2015

Mergers are a no-brainer for communities across the state, but state policy makes it nearly impossible.

Potential tax hike for Illinoisans is staggering

05/05/2015

A new report claims Chicagoans would face property-tax hikes nearing 50 percent to adequately fund city pensions.

Auditor general: Illinois Department of Corrections workers abusing overtime

By Bryant Jackson-Green

05/04/2015

IDOC employees were paid for over a million hours of overtime in 2014.

TAGS: IDOC: Illinois Department of Corrections

Top legal scholar: Lisa Madigan is wrong on local Right-to-Work

04/28/2015

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.

TAGS: labor, Lisa Madigan, right to work

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FAQ: How the federal scholarship program would help Illinois students

Illinois students could soon benefit from scholarship money to help them find a tutor, attend ACT or SAT prep sessions, pay tuition, get special education services or assist with other academic needs. That will happen in Illinois only if Gov. J.B. Pritzker lets the state’s schoolchildren benefit from the Federal Scholarship Tax Credit program, established...

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