Instead of pushing for further tax hikes on tapped-out taxpayers, lawmakers should rally behind a bipartisan effort to limit state spending.

One progressive tax proposal filed in the Illinois House of Representatives would hike income taxes on Illinoisans earning as little as $17,300 a year.

States with a progressive income tax see greater income inequality, and have seen income inequality rise faster than states without a progressive income tax.

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.