At the breakfast, Legislative Committee Chairman Richard Reinbold (mayor of Richton Park) presented an SSMMA major issue overview,...

In a letter earlier this month to faculty and staff at Governors State University, Maimon, president of the University Park school, said...

Map courtesy of the Illinois Association of REALTORS® Press release from the Office of the Governor: Governor Bruce Rauner [on Feb. 5,...

“This is a crisis by every definition of the word crisis,” said Thomas Wogan, spokesman for the South Side public university that serves...

Map courtesy of the Illinois Association of REALTORS® Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner’s task force on shrinking the number of Illinois...

Analysis of Senate Bill 2039 Staff: Joe Schatteman Status of Legislation: Public Act 99 – 0491 (Effective Date – December 7, 2015) ...

Thanks to the Illinois Municipal League for providing this info: With the passage of SB2039 (and enactment of PA99-0491), previously...

Map courtesy of the Illinois Association of REALTORS® On the campaign trail and in his first weeks in office, Gov. Bruce Rauner pledged...

The Republican governor took action just hours after the Democratic-controlled Senate sent him the legislation on a 53-0 vote. The...

Normally, municipalities receive a share of gas tax, 911 surcharge and gambling revenue to help prop up day-to-day operations, but those...

The number of people in need of treatment exceeds the agency’s ability to serve them all, its top official said, and the situation is...

The board has passed resolutions urging legislators to provide the county with its share of revenue from the motor fuel tax and the 911...

After withholding nearly $2 billion from towns in motor fuel tax funds, fee revenue for 911 dispatch centers, local video gambling money...

Records from the Illinois comptroller’s office show more than $89 million is owed to municipalities and $63.6 million is owed to...

Workers’ compensation has emerged as an important issue in the budget stalemate in Springfield. Before approving a budget for the current...

They’re referring to a proposal by Gov. Bruce Rauner to offer low-interest state loans to municipalities that are suffering financially...

But, as the state budget impasse continues, revenues that fund those expenditures will soon be nearly depleted. Flossmoor and other...

Speaking at an awards luncheon of the Chicago Southland Convention & Visitors Bureau at the Oak Lawn Hilton, the Republican governor said...

Suburban mayors are stepping up pressure on the state to release millions of dollars in motor fuel and gambling tax revenue and other...

Gaming board chairman Donald Tracy reiterated a statement he made at the board’s August meeting, saying he viewed such operations as...