Suburban mayors are stepping up pressure on the state to release millions of dollars in motor fuel and gambling tax revenue and other...

Gaming board chairman Donald Tracy reiterated a statement he made at the board’s August meeting, saying he viewed such operations as...

Chairman Don Tracy made those statements at an August hearing of the board after the mayor of Hometown and a developer behind the concept...

This is the promise embedded in a bill passed by the Illinois Senate on Tuesday, a promise we hope House Speaker Mike Madigan and Gov....

The measure, Senate Bill 318, would freeze the property tax for two years and create a panel of Democratic and Republican lawmakers (each...

New amended electronics legislation raises manufacturers’ goals, sets penalties Springfield, IL. Illinois Governor Rauner signed into...

Cash-strapped cities, towns and suburbs set to slash public safety, reduce pension costs, tap rainy day funds and explore bankruptcy, a...

The legislature averted a recycling crisis by the House and Senate each unanimously passing House Bill 1455 in mid-May. It increases by...

With Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner and Democratic Party leader Mike Madigan engaged in an apparent blood feud in Springfield, a few state...

That’s the good news. The bad news is that they still can’t agree on who should own a Chicago casino and that the south suburbs have...

…So here we are in Illinois, billions of dollars short of the cash needed to balance next year’s budget, crying about the need to create...

Some of the participants of SSMMA’s Feb. 6 Legislative Briefing at Olympia Fields Country Club included: (from left) SSMMA Vice President...

The measure was passed in a desperate attempt to plug a $100 billion-plus deficit in the state’s pension systems and a circuit court...

The South Suburban Airport and the proposed Illiana Tollway remain at the top of the list of legislative items the Will County Board will...