Illinois Insights

ILLINOIS AROUND THE STATE Michael Madigan’s racketeering trial gets underway: ‘The corruption of public office for private gain’ “The opening statements kick off the...

ILLINOIS AROUND THE STATE Huge stacks of cash give Illinois Democrats advantage in final weeks of campaign “Fall quarterly financial reports continued to confirm...

ILLINOIS               AROUND THE STATE Panel discusses proposals to shore up Illinois’ unfunded pension liability “The Better Government Association hosted a pension roundtable in Chicago...

ILLINOIS Pritzker Secures a $20.6 Million Investments in Illinois during state economic mission to Japan  Last week, Governor Pritzker and a delegation of over...

ILLINOIS Preckwinkle unveils FY 2025 budget with no layoffs, tax hikes Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle Thursday unveiled her $9.89 billion proposed 2025...

ILLINOIS AROUND THE STATE Biden EPA requires Chicago to dramatically speed up replacement of toxic lead pipes “Chicago must replace every toxic lead pipe...

ILLINOIS AROUND THE STATE As Madigan corruption trial kicks off, focus will be on those three taboo words: quid pro quo “The recording cuts...

ILLINOIS AROUND THE STATE Pritzker touts Illinois’ economic development at data center groundbreaking “Gov. JB Pritzker at the groundbreaking hailed the project as another...

ILLINOIS AROUND THE STATE New Group, Database Designed to Help Combat Organized Retail Theft in Illinois “The Illinois Organized Retail Crime Association (ILORCA), a...