Gov. Pat Quinn on Friday visited the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to sign a law to help boost the quality of distance and online learning programs across Illinois and... Read more

2014 will ring in hundreds of new laws. Over the next five days we will recap 25 of them. Some you may have heard about, others you may be just... Read more

Pensions -- Illinois credit rating Moody's, Standard & Poor's issue positive statements about Illinois pension progress.  After pension reform bill SB 1 was signed into law on Thursday, December 5, global... Read more

Illinois Tornadoes Tornadoes strike communities throughout Illinois.  While twelve states were affected, Illinois was especially hard-hit by the severe frontal system that moved eastward on Sunday, November 17.  Death and destruction... Read more

by Rep. David McSweeney Originally Published November 11, 2013 - Northwest Herald  It's clear that Illinois is heading in the wrong economic direction. We have a 9.2 percent unemployment rate (second highest... Read more

Taxes House Republicans take stand against "progressive" income tax proposal.  At the end of the 2013 spring session, the Democrat majority introduced a new State constitutional amendment, HJRCA 33, for discussion.... Read more

Diabetes and Public Health House Republican measures aimed at improving public diabetes awareness become law.  The bipartisan Illinois Legislative Diabetes Caucus 2013 agenda included two measures to raise funds for diabetes... Read more

Pension Reform Conference Committee on July 8, 2013 Members of the the Pension Reform Conference Committee met for the third time yesterday to discuss options for comprehensive pension reform. Today was the date... Read more

Leader Tom Cross & Rep. Nekritz introducing pension reform This morning, the House Committee on Personnel and Pensions passed  SB001 HA#1, legislation sponsored by Speaker Mike Madigan to reform the states ailing... Read more