Despite the Illinois Senate’s recent vote to override Gov. Bruce Rauner’s veto on automatic voter registration, the State House failed to follow suit on Monday, resulting in a no-go for the legislation.
The state's largest public employee union is calling for Gov. Bruce Rauner to continue negotiating after talks were declared to be at an impasse earlier this month, but further talks with the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) would be pointless, an attorney for a Chicago-based think tank said recently.
Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner recently told reporters that he spoke with President-elect Donald Trump on a private phone call and that the interaction was a “good, positive conversation.”
The Edgar County Watchdogs, Kirk Allen and John Kraft, were honored with the 2016 Vernon Krieble Foundation Unsung Hero Award recently at the State Policy Network's 24th annual meeting.
Ranking among the top 10 states for debt per capita, Illinois is exhibiting a continuously increasing amount of red ink per resident — particularly pension debt, as well as other calculated liabilities.
The Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) recently released the latest data on the state's unemployment rate and job growth, and although 2,200 new jobs were created, the unemployment rate also increased, to 5.6 percent.
Among registered voters, private sector taxpayers outnumber state and local public sector workers and pensioners nearly nine to one in the 87th Illinois House district, according to a Sangamon Sun analysis.
Susana Mendoza’s election to state comptroller has many concerned with regard to her affiliation with House Speaker Michael Madigan (D-Chicago), how she will work with Gov. Bruce Rauner, and how she will handle the state’s bill payments.
The Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority released the Adult Redeploy Illinois annual report this week, saying the prison-diversion program saved taxpayers more than $75 million over the past five years.
Dan McCaleb, executive editor of the Northwest Herald, has blasted Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan (D-Chicago) for his failure to act upon Illinois' overwhelming bill backlog.
Four Illinois manufacturers announced in October that they are leaving Illinois and relocating to bordering states to open up new plants facing less regulation.
The recent election dropped Democrats out of the supermajority in the state House as Republicans gained four seats there, in addition to two seats in the state Senate.
In a victory for Gov. Bruce Rauner and his administration, the Illinois Labor Relations Board ruled, on a 5-0 vote on Nov. 15 that the state and the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) has reached an impasse in their contract negotiations.