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Illinoisans urged to take a tip or two to stay cool

By Kacie Whaley | Jul 28, 2017

As the dog days of summer approach, the Illinois Emergency Management Agency (IEMA) and county and municipal emergency management agencies are reminding parents and other Illinoisans of the importance of keeping safe in the heat.

Madigan accused of holding school funding hostage

By Kacie Whaley | Jul 23, 2017

House Speaker Mike Madigan (D-Chicago) is like a child holding onto his ball and refusing to let anyone else play until he gets his way, the Illinois Republican Party suggested recently.

GOP slams Madigan's work toward 'zero reforms,' but rewards for himself

By Kacie Whaley | Jul 17, 2017

The Illinois Republican Party has released a video attacking House Speaker Mike Madigan's (D-Chicago) decision to increase income taxes as part of Illinois' new budget.

Streamlining local government described as key to Illinois' future

By Kacie Whaley | Jul 12, 2017

Illinois has an incredible abundance of redundant local government that is primarily focused on administrative salaries rather than benefiting taxpayers in any meaningful way, Jose Sanchez told a House Committee of the Whole before the end of the spring legislative session.

Tax hike no cure for what's ailing Illinois, tax expert maintains

By Kacie Whaley | Jul 12, 2017

Illinois legislators decided to apply a bandage in the form of a tax hike to the deadly wound Illinois has sustained in the form of debt, Michael Lucci contends.

House rejects move to merge agencies, streamline discrimination cases

By Kacie Whaley | Jun 28, 2017

More than 1,000 pending discrimination in Illinois will continue to wait their turn in line after the House voted recently not to combine the Illinois Human Rights Commission (HRC) and Illinois Department of Human Rights (DHR), according to a state press release.