Portillo’s expanding in states with better economies than Illinois

By Dylan Sharkey

08/29/2022

Portillo’s CEO Michael Osanloo said the Illinois-based chain is looking to expand in states more friendly to businesses.

TAGS: economy, jobs

Marijuana company investigated for pay to play? Hired Madigan cronies.

By Patrick Andriesen

04/01/2021

A Chicago-based marijuana company is facing a federal investigation into whether it bought influence to gain state licenses, sources told the Chicago Tribune. It hired four close associates of former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan.

TAGS: ComEd, corruption, federal investigation, marijuana, Mike Madigan

Bill banning Illinoisans from pumping their own gas dies in General Assembly

By Vincent Caruso

02/19/2020

After listening to voter feedback, an Illinois lawmaker tabled a bill that would have only allowed gas station clerks to pump gas in Illinois.

TAGS: gas station, Gas Station Attendant Act, gas tax

Where you can and can’t buy recreational marijuana in Illinois

11/15/2019

Many Illinois municipalities have voted to ban or restrict marijuana sales when it becomes legal for sale. Here’s a list of where pot will, won’t and might be legally bought.

TAGS: Arlington Heights, Bolingbrook, Buffalo Grove, cannabis, Carbondale, Carol Stream, Chicago, City of Springfield, collar counties, Collinsville, Danville, Decatur, Downers Grove, DuPage County, Edwardsville, Elmhurst, Grayslake, Highland Park, Joliet, Lake Forest, Lake Zurich, legalization, Libertyville, Lombard, marijuana, Mundelein, municipal government, Naperville, Northbrook, Oak Park, Plainfield, prohibition, Schaumburg, Urbana, Waukegan, Wheaton, Winnetka

Halloween rules on times, ages and dark houses await Illinois trick-or-treaters

10/28/2019

Oak Park is creating specific trick-or-treating hours this Halloween. Other municipalities in Illinois have even scarier Halloween rules.

How Connecticut’s ‘tax on the rich’ ended in middle-class tax hikes, lost jobs and more poverty

By Orphe Divounguy, Bryce Hill, Suman Chattopadhyay

03/04/2019

Rejecting a progressive income tax would spare Illinoisans from Connecticut’s sorry fate.

53 representatives sign on to letter opposing progressive tax

By Chris Lentino

09/06/2018

Taxpayers across Illinois oppose a progressive tax but many state lawmakers still refuse to stand up against House Speaker Mike Madigan’s progressive tax push.

TAGS: graduated income tax, income tax, Mike Madigan, progressive income tax, taxes

DuPage County voters to decide on merger between clerk’s office and election commission

By Brendan Bakala

03/16/2018

The nonbinding, advisory referendum seeks to gauge support of merging two DuPage County offices.

TAGS: consolidation, local government consolidation

Land of lagging: Illinois’ sluggish economy and lawmakers’ tax hike treachery

By Orphe Divounguy

01/24/2018

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

TAGS: GDP: gross domestic product, income tax, investment, taxes

Illinoisans saw jobs growth plummet after 2017 tax hike

By Orphe Divounguy, Austin Berg, Bryce Hill, Joe Tabor

01/22/2018

Illinois' jobs growth trailed that of the nation during the first half of 2017, then slowed to a halt in the wake of the General Assembly's record-breaking tax hike.

TAGS: income tax, jobs, property taxes, taxes, unemployment

Oak Park

Portillo’s expanding in states with better economies than Illinois

Marijuana company investigated for pay to play? Hired Madigan cronies.

Bill banning Illinoisans from pumping their own gas dies in General Assembly

Where you can and can’t buy recreational marijuana in Illinois

Halloween rules on times, ages and dark houses await Illinois trick-or-treaters

How Connecticut’s ‘tax on the rich’ ended in middle-class tax hikes, lost jobs and more poverty

53 representatives sign on to letter opposing progressive tax

DuPage County voters to decide on merger between clerk’s office and election commission

Land of lagging: Illinois’ sluggish economy and lawmakers’ tax hike treachery

Illinoisans saw jobs growth plummet after 2017 tax hike

Chicago Forward 2026: A pro-growth plan to end city budget deficits

Report Archive

Diana Graham

Process for unionizing non-state workers raises red flags

CBS Chicago: Illinois’ highest-paid superintendent receives $400K per year to oversee 1,200 students