Underscoring the need for economy-boosting structural reforms, Illinois gained 56,600 jobs over the past year, but the state’s jobs growth rate continues to lag the

Gov. Rauner followed through with his promise to alter a school funding bill sent to him early this week, swiftly issuing an amendatory veto of

The Illinois State Fair, a tradition dating back to 1853, gets underway Aug. 10 in Springfield. The 11-day event, which brings hundreds of thousands of

State Sen. Sue Rezin (R-Morris) issued the following statement in response to Gov. Bruce Rauner issuing an Amendatory Veto of Senate Bill 1, education funding

Lawmakers returned to the Capitol July 26 after Gov. Rauner issued a proclamation calling for a special legislative session on school funding in Illinois. Though Senate

Even though a state budget is in place, Democrats are preventing schools from getting state funding by playing political games with a new formula that

Legislation signed into law this week will ensure that children are able to receive life-saving treatments for autoimmune disorders connected to streptococcal infections known as

This Great Lakes Basin Railroad project, which cuts through most of my Senate District in Illinois, has far too many more questions than answers, and

Illinois residents’ paychecks are taking a permanent hit due to a 32 percent income tax hike included in a budget that became law last week,

As you know, for years, lawmakers from both chambers and both parties have been working on a fix to our state’s broken school funding formula.