HB 2474 mandates that certain counties publicize new budget proposals and improves taxpayers’ access to local budget information.
Online courses could keep students engaged in their current material even when schools are closed for inclement weather.
Speaker Madigan is playing a political game that focuses on maintaining his power at all costs.
The proposed change in city code would further tilt the scales in favor of the politically powerful, as they could be granted full knowledge regarding the investigation on their wrongdoing, including information on who brought the case to light.
Political incentives to come to an agreement are few and far between.
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People who support popular opinions have little to lose from having their support for those ideas known. It’s the people who are challenging the status quo – like the NAACP during the civil-rights movement – who have to be concerned about harassment and retaliation for their views.
Celebrating the anniversary of the Magna Carta connects all of us who believe in liberty today to those from the past who first asserted the rights of the individual.
Illinois and Chicago should make career lawmakers a thing of the past.
Long before his General Assembly failed to pass a balanced budget, House Speaker Mike Madigan’s spin machine was churning.
An Illinois comeback demands transformational change.
From criminal justice to crowdfunding, Illinois Policy Action is pushing four bills with a great shot of making it to the governor’s desk.
April saw two major players in Illinois education ensnared in charges of cronyism, among more than 60 other corruption-related stories.
Mergers are a no-brainer for communities across the state, but state policy makes it nearly impossible.