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AARP Illinois is launching a voter-education campaign aimed at putting pressure on state lawmakers.The group announced today it’s publishing a report…
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Illinois legislators are considering whether to force insurance companies to find beneficiaries of unclaimed life insurance policies going back 20 years.…
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New state legislators won't be able to cast votes until they're inaugurated in mid-January. But 20 of them are spending this week at the capitol anyway,…
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Illinois legislators are weighing whether to allow a big hike in energy prices. It's meant in part to save Exelon's nuclear power plants in Clinton and…
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Illinois legislators didn't do much Tuesday on their first day of their annual veto session. That could change today. Illinois Public Radio's Amanda…
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Illinois legislators are being graded on whether they've helped or hurt people with disabilities. The scorecard is believed to be the first of its kind,...
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Anxious legislators will once again see a deposit from the state of Illinois in their bank accounts. They’re getting paid Tuesday for the first time...
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Peoria Journal Star Political Reporter and Columnist Chris Kaergard will no doubt feel lighter after tomorrow. Kaergard has been growing a #budgetbeard…
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On the final day of the fiscal year, Illinois legislators passed a temporary budget. The package easily passed first the House, then the Senate today; it…
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Legislators will be back in Springfield next week, on Wednesday just days before the new fiscal year begins on July first. The House and Senate will both…