“I’ve been doing this work my whole life. It used to be that you could get a job at Caterpillar and if you didn’t like it you could walk across the street and get another job. In other places that still happens. Not here. “We’re lucky our little shop has found a niche. We do...
Since 2010, Illinois has lost on net 2.6 percent of its taxpayers and dependents, along with billions of dollars of taxable income, dwarfing the rates of out-migration of other Midwestern and neighboring states.
House Bill 1285 also clarifies the definitions of employee misconduct allowing for denial of benefits.
Madigan’s letter to the Justice Department came on the same day Chicago’s police superintendent, Garry McCarthy, resigned at the request of Mayor Rahm Emanuel.
The budget stalemate in Springfield has forced Illinois’ Secretary of State to suspend mailing vehicle registration renewal notices to vehicle owners.
The Illinois stalwart is cutting hundreds of jobs in the midst of the state’s worst-in-the-Midwest manufacturing climate.
The Chicago Teachers Union should think twice before making demands that could result in more taxes on city residents, school closings and teacher layoffs.
Illinois can implement several reforms now to remove obstacles to starting businesses, reduce the cost and aggravation of doing business, and more effectively educate the next generation of workers.
U.S. law enforcement took in more than $5 billion from the American public in 2014 through asset forfeiture, compared to the $3.5 billion lost nationally to burglary.
The law, which is similar to Chicago’s food-truck rules, was changed when San Antonio’s city attorney advised the city’s best bet was to change its rules as opposed to going to court.