Transit agencies in northern Illinois are facing a $771 million annual combined budget gap — and lawmakers did not pass ...

Illinois lawmakers have delayed pension reform for public employees hired since 2011, known as Tier 2 employees, despite ...

Public employees are leaving their professions and our state because they can’t rely on a pension that ensures dignity in ...

A new $55.2 billion state budget may be more significant for what is not in it than what is. Namely, an agreement on how to pay for the more than $770 million dollar shortfall the Regional Transit ...

The push for an energy reform package grew out of a growing sense of concern that the state won’t be able to meet its ...

Illinois has put its cannabis retail permitting on hold indefinitely as it searches for solutions to help struggling small ...

The delivery tax replaces previous revenue streams loathed by the suburbs and labor, but faces resistance of its own.

“The Democrats’ answer for tax reform ... the state of Illinois and that means a one-size-fits-all is difficult. But I think we’re (homing) in. We’ve had serious discussions between ...

If lawmakers don't reach a deal to reform the northeastern Illinois transit system and ... said he and his colleagues are "continuing discussions" about the bill. "As we head into the remaining ...

If lawmakers don’t reach a deal to reform the northeastern Illinois transit system and ... said he and his colleagues are “continuing discussions” about the bill. “As we head into the ...

executive director of Reform for Illinois. “With few exceptions, discussions on the topic keep hitting a brick wall.” Over the same period, two former Republican lawmakers were convicted ...