Taxpayers across Illinois are saddled with a major tax burden, a recent report from the Illinois Policy Institute concluded.

Several Republican representatives will announce their support for a comprehensive pension reform bill that is meant to improve the pension problems in the state, including the pension crisis in Chicago, Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner said on Friday.

An Illinois Senate bill that proponents say would close a "dark money" loophole in political campaigns is actually intended to undermine constitutional freedoms for all IRS-designated nonprofit policy organizations, the co-founders of one such agency said during a recent radio broadcast.

State Rep. Mark Batinick (R-Plainfield) recently voted against a bill that its sponsors claim will preserve a woman's right to abortion in the event Roe v. Wade is overturned but he argues is really an effort to legalize taxpayer-funded abortions.

Most people would agree that public officials should be seen among the public, but State Comptroller Susana Mendoza might have puhed her luck after being spotted in a $32,000 SUV recently.

A failed proposal in the Illinois House to make former President Barack Obama's birthday a state holiday is another example of Springfield legislators wasting time when they have better things to do, a conservative pundit argued on a radio broadcast recently.

Nearly 70 percent of Illinoisans support legalizing the recreational use of marijuana as long as it is regulated and taxed, a recent poll shows, according to the Illinois Policy Institute.

Rather than bring in more money for the state, a pair of bills would probably drive more businesses out of Illinois, the founder of a financial website says.

The General Assembly needs to pass a recently introduced bill that would give Gov. Bruce Rauner the power to cut spending on any fiscal year 2018 budget sent to him to ensure a balanced budget, an editor for the non-profit group Illinois Policy argued recently.

Several mayors in relatively small Illinois cities make more than the leaders of major metropolises throughout the world, according to a recent article by Joe Kaiser of Illinois Policy.

Families in Illinois looking to send their children to schools in the state face a financial crisis as tuition costs become impossible to pay.

Patricia Miller and other members of the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) met with Trump to discuss a recent survey published by NAM that shows manufacturers are actively seeking ways to increase their growth potential and viability.

Bad policymaking has punched holes in Illinois' borders and people are escaping at alarming rates, the co-hosts of a Chicago-based conservative radio talk show said recently.

Several Illinois publications have taken Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza to task recently for backpedaling on a pledge to pay elected officials’ salaries only after fulfilling commitments to others owed money by the state.

In retrospect, frequenting one gas station might not have been the best choice for recently deposed Illinois Auditor General Frank Mautino, whose upcoming complaint hearings were confirmed this week by the Edgar County Watchdogs (ECW) Illinois Leaks website.

In 2015, the City of Chicago’s two employee pension funds paid out $999 million to 29,286 retirees.

A bill that would eliminate the position of Sangamon County township collector passed the House on Wednesday and now awaits a Senate hearing.

J.B. Pritzker has advocated for returning the state income tax to 5 percent since before he began his gubernatorial campaign, the Illinois Republican Party said recently.

The Better Government Association (BGA) will host an Idea Forum on Statehouse coverage on May 8, the public advocacy group announced recently.

Gov. Bruce Rauner is preaching fiscal conservatism and tax reform during a two-day tour of the state that began Tuesday.