Senate Bill 2670 will provide Illinois residents with the power to help control their property taxes, according to state Sen. Dan McConchie (R-Hawthorne Woods).

Add Teaser herDan Ugaste doesn’t think all money is good money, even when it comes to Illinois finding a way to dig itself out from under its massive debt load.

Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner is publicly preaching party unity on the campaign trail. But behind the scenes, Rauner is quietly leading an effort to purge conservatives from the Illinois Republican State Central Committee, which governs the party and has elections this month.

Illinois Republican Party Chairman and Cook County Commissioner Timothy O. Schneider (R-Bartlett) is president of an Elgin car wash that owes $21,448 in overdue property taxes from 2016, according to the Cook County Treasurer.

Dan Ugaste is saddened, but not surprised, by the latest illustration of Illinois’ ongoing struggles.

Dan Ugaste thinks the idea of increasing the state’s flat tax rate with an eye toward a graduated income tax is a recipe for disaster.

Edgar County Watchdogs has filed an FOIA lawsuit against the Algonquin Township and Road District

Bob Anderson from McHenry County Board of Trustees stops by to discuss his fight for the taxpayers.

Sean Casten raised $69 per vote cast for him in the 6th Congressional District Democratic primary race last week, according to the Illinois Campaign for Political Reform.

Erika Harold and Gary Grasso each raised just $2 per vote cast for them in the attorney general primary race, according to the Illinois Campaign for Political Reform.

A Chicago-based printer with ties to the Democratic Party printed campaign mailers that targeted county-level Republican primary candidates, according to a Northwest Herald story. But the group that funded the mailers, Illinois Integrity Fund, remains a mystery; even a Hoffman Estates address used as the return address on the mailers could be bogus.

A post-primary poll shows that re-election prospects for incumbent Gov. Bruce Rauner look bleak. An Odgen & Fry survey shows him down 22 points compared with Democratic nominee J.B. Pritzker, and in an almost certain death knell for a politician, Rauner’s unfavorables are nearly double his favorables.

Rep. Allen Skillicorn (R-East Dundee) places the blame for Illinois’ growing loss in net worth squarely at the feet of Gov. Bruce Rauner.

Although Gov. Bruce Rauner fought off a GOP primary challenge from state Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton), some in his own party remain sharply critical of his performance.

Gov. Bruce Rauner raised $215 per vote cast for him in the gubernatorial primary race last week compared to Rep. Jeanne Ives' $12 for vote, according to the Illinois Campaign for Political Reform.

Rep. Steve Reick (R-Woodstock) is advising Gov. Bruce Rauner on how best to take the only path he thinks Rauner has to staying in the governor’s mansion beyond 2018.

Amid chants of “Jeanne, Jeanne,” Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) conceded defeat to Gov. Bruce Rauner in the Republican primary late Tuesday night.

It will not be the first time Erika Harold will hear “the winner is.”

It’s official -- J.B. Pritzker is the Democratic candidate for governor despite coming under heavy fire from the press and public in recent months.

Republicans depend most on women to show up at the polls in Edwards, Scott and Adams counties in Illinois, according to Illinois State Board of Elections data.