Illinois State Politics
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Illinois is ending its 1% tax on groceries. Will your town replace it?Dec 21, 2024 1:15 pm - The elimination of the state’s grocery tax in 2025 might save shoppers a little, but will cost their communities big. Here’s how some suburbs plan to make up for the lost revenue.
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Regulators OK statewide electric grid upgrades, rate increasesDec 20, 2024 9:11 pm - Editor’s note: This story was changed to reflect the correct amount approved for Ameren. Illinois utilities are set to invest more than a billion dollars into upgrad...
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Why Illinois lawmakers might change pension benefits for some employees
Dec 20, 2024 1:56 pm - Changes that would make Illinois pension systems compliant with Social Security by improving benefits for government employees hired since 2011 could be on the table when lawmakers return to Springfield in January.
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Deer Park considering grocery taxDec 17, 2024 3:39 pm - Deer Park could be the next suburb to approve a 1% tax on grocery-store purchases.
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As budget tightens, report finds Illinois better prepared for recession than in recent past
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State rep worker falls ill after opening suspicious mailDec 10, 2024 9:12 am - Staffer hospitalized after opening suspicious mail at state Rep. Barbara Hernandez's office in Aurora; the U.S. Postal Inspection Service is investigating potential hazardous materials.
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Cutting through the noise in 2025 to work for small businessesDec 08, 2024 6:30 am - The small business community needs a common sense, meaningful, and robust agenda in 2025. Elliot Richardson says the Small Business Advocacy Council will deliver.
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Illinois rolls out first phase of plan to modernize professional licensing
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McLaughlin retains 52nd District House seat by 47 votes over challenger PetersonDec 03, 2024 5:44 pm - Republican state Rep. Martin McLaughlin of Barrington Hills has retained his 52nd District seat for a third term by a 47-vote margin, according to results certified by the Illinois State Board of Elections Monday.
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‘Ready to go’: Long-delayed Harper College project finally breaks groundNov 23, 2024 12:30 pm - Delayed by a historic state budget stalemate and the pandemic, a building project decades in the making finally has broken ground at Harper College in Palatine.