Health insurance options for those on plans under the Affordable Care Act are dwindling in Illinois, and things are only going to get worse without taxpayer intervention, C. Steven Tucker, founder and principal broker of HealthInsuranceMentors.com, contends.

The only thing occupational licenses do is give some businesses a license to try to prevent other businesses from existing, Dick Carpenter, the director for strategic research at the Institute for Justice, said on a Chicago radio program recently.

Direct support professionals who take care of people with disabilities in Illinois barely earn a living wage, but they won't see that change at least until fall, when the House is expected to again take up Senate Bill 955, which passed the Senate in May.

Rep. Reggie Phillips (R-Charleston) is challenging critics of his vote for the new Illinois budget to tell him what they would have done.

The state budget passage pulled the mask off the Democratic Party to reveal the ugly truth: It is all about raising taxes without any pretense of reform, U.S. Peter Roskam (R-IL) said on a recent radio program.

Republicans who stepped in to help Democrats pass Illinois' first full budget in two years only ended up hurting their party, Tom Morrison, (R-Palatine) told Dan Proft and guest host Kristen McQueary of "Chicago’s Morning Answer" radio show recently.

Pizzas 4 Patriots recently returned the favor to those who deliver for America.

Lynyrd Skynyrd will headline an upcoming concert meant to thank those who keep Americans "free birds."

Charles Thomas, former political reporter for ABC 7 in Chicago is now the founder of a new website called the Chicago Drum which he hope will change the narrative regarding the black community in Illinois.

Reforming the Illinois Constitution and making sure the right people are in power to put the state on a fiscally responsible path is the way to securing a bright future, according to Jacob Huebert, a senior attorney at the Liberty Justice Center.

Gov. Bruce Rauner told listeners of "Chicago's Morning Answer" radio show that they'd better not rely on entrenched politicians to save them.

Puerto Rico is 2,000 miles from Illinois, but their similar financial failures make them look like next-door neighbors is some respects.

Senate Democrats think it's easy to reach into taxpayer pockets and pull out $5.4 billion, Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) said on a Chicago-based radio show following Tuesday's vote on Senate Bill 9.

Michelle Obama once gave her fellow Democrats advice on how to deal with Republicans: “When they go low, we go high," she said.

Home health care workers in Illinois are arguing their case before the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago in an effort to win back more than $32 million in union fees they were forced to pay to the Service Employees International Union (SEIU).

Rep. Anna Moeller (D-Elgin) has sponsored a bill she believes will help move women’s rights one step forward in the workplace, but not everyone agrees.

Amending the Illinois Constitution is the only way to reform policies that have destroyed the economic and political landscape of the state for decades, according to An Illinois Constitution for the 21st Century, a book co-published by the Illinois Policy Institute and Liberty Justice Center.

The Trump Administration's one-page tax reform proposal might not be perfect, but as long as it's permanent it has U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam's (R-IL) support, the congressman said on Thursday.

Illinois' high tax rates are a pain in the neck, but the state is still home to Dr. Jon Polcyn, co-owner of Integrated Physical Medicine, said on a recent radio broadcast.

Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) has been waiting a decade to make changes to the H-1B visa program. With President Donald Trump in office, it appears he might have his chance.