House Bill 5816 would put all Rock Island County property taxpayers on the hook for costs at the Quad City International Airport.

House members won't return to the Statehouse until the second week of April.

A bill in the Illinois House of Representatives would allow the Illinois Department of Labor to place a lien on a business owner's property should he or she fail to respond to an allegation of unpaid wages within five days.

Residents in Madison and St. Clair counties find themselves fleeced by lawmakers' failure to control state finances.

State lawmakers passed into law a bill that exempts a single Chicago performance hall from a provision in Illinois state liquor law, overriding Gov. Bruce Rauner's veto. This practice of granting piecemeal exemptions is commonplace but cumbersome.

House Bill 4273 would eliminate a loophole in state law that allows lawmakers to receive a month's pay for a day of work.

Illinois will not diverge from its path of poor growth until lawmakers realize the failures of recent tax hikes.