Their base pay has risen almost 50% since J.B. Pritzker became governor, compared with just a 30% increase for Illinoisans.

A recent survey also shows that fully half of residents would move out of the state given the opportunity.

Illinois is tagged with more taxes when the governor had the opportunity to say no.

Lawmakers approved a legally dubious new tax on targeted advertising services as part of the state budget. Gov. J.B. Pritzker should use his line-item veto power to reject the tax.

None of the three proposed amendments to the Illinois Constitution that would have repealed or endangered the state’s flat income tax protection advanced during this year’s legislative session.

The spending plan passed in a familiar scramble in the final hours of the 104th Illinois General Assembly.