Veterans would have access to additional court services in Illinois if Gov. Bruce Rauner signs a bill that passed the General Assembly on Monday.

Legislators' attempts to raise the minimum wage in Illinois won't address poverty and could negatively affect youth unemployment, according to Tim Kane, a labor economics expert with the Hoover Institution, a public policy think tank at Stanford University.

If lllinois state employees end up going on strike, they could be risking more than their paychecks: They could lose their jobs, a public policy research group said recently.

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.

An amendment to Senate Bill 9 has received a lot of press for its plans to impose a 6.25 percent sales tax on streaming services and cable TV, but the lllinois Policy Institute is warning homeowners that the bill also would grab some green from landscaping companies.

Health care and workers’ compensation data are remarkably susceptible to hacking, leaving some people open to a range of identity theft crimes, the law firm of Keefe, Campbell, Biery & Associates warned recently.

Illinoisans hoping to get information from the government through Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests often give up or forget because the requests take so long to come through -- if they ever do, a government watchdog group said recently.

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

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.

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.

The Greater Springfield Chamber of Commerce is among the top 1 percent of chambers in the United States, earning a five-star accreditation from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce recently.

A Chicago-based public policy group took to the streets of the city recently to ask the public its thoughts about several topics in the abortion debate.

Republican Rep. Reggie Phillips is among the speakers scheduled to take the stage for Saturday’s rally in support of President Donald Trump in Springfield.

The consumer advocacy group Edgar County Watchdogs (ECW) has accused the Chatham village clerk of several violations, including tampering with a mayoral candidate's application papers, and is asking for his immediate resignation, Illinois Leaks reported recently.

Should members of Illinois' largest public employee union decide to strike, they might work-stop their way out of their jobs, a conservative think tank labor attorney said during a recent interview.

The state of Illinois is losing people faster than any other state in the Midwest. 

The United States is considered one of the top destination points for child trafficking with cases reported in all 50 states, including 143 investigated calls to the hotline for allegations of human trafficking in 2016 by the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS).

From a farmhouse to a church inspiring Gospel music, 25 historically significant sites throughout Illinois were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2016 thanks to the Springfield-based Illinois Historic Preservation Agency (IHPA).

Close to half of Illinois residents who responded to a survey conducted by the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University Carbondale said they wanted to leave the state.

The public is invited to review and submit comments on a draft version of Springfield’s Transportation Improvement Program, covering Sangamon County, Springfield and the Village of Chatham for fiscal years 2017-20­ from now until Sept. 15.