Rep. Allen Skillicorn (R-East Dundee) has confidence in the numbers, which tell him Illinois doesn't have to raise taxes to balance its budget.

Gov. Bruce Rauner told listeners of the "Chicago's Morning Answer" radio show that they'd better not rely on entrenched politicians to save them.

Sen. Iris Martinez's (D-Chicago) hope for so-called "Dreamers" won't become a reality anytime soon after her measure to allow non-U.S. citizens to obtain a pharmacy license in Illinois was rejected by the House on May 19.

It looks like Illinois is going to g​ive former President Barack Obama a birthday gift after all.

Bob Anderson’s one-man taxpayer revolt turned into 20 years of activism against rising property tax rates and an abundance of township governments in Illinois.

People living in Illinois pay some of the highest property tax rates in the country, growing “three times faster than the state’s median household income since 1990.