On April 25, Governor Bruce Rauner signed into law Senate Bill 2059, a stop-gap funding bill to help universities, colleges and community colleges remain operational

A recent audit revealed $2.2 million in unrecovered grant dollars associated with several programs created during the Quinn Administration that were intended to help combat

State Sen. Sue Rezin (R-Peru) is questioning whether overpayments given to local governments and school districts several years ago was simply an accident. During fiscal

On Wednesday, April 13, Senate Republicans felt as if they had awoken in the 1993 comedy classic “Groundhog Day,” when Democrats advanced yet another hollow

The first of what is expected to be several education funding reform plans was heard this week in the Senate Executive Committee. Senate Republican lawmakers,

State Sen. Sue Rezin is sponsoring legislation that would help ensure public safety in the event of a nuclear emergency. Senate Bill 3411 would appropriate

<p style=”text-align: left;”>&nbsp;<span style=”font-size: 10pt;”>A confidential draft of a new audit obtained by the Chicago Tribune sheds more light on mismanagement of the controversial Neighborhood

Providing Illinois social services with critical funding—and offering a way to pay for it—was part of a proposal introduced during the week by legislative Republican

In what has been a “perennial occurrence,” as noted by reporter Dan Petrella of Lee Enterprises, State Sen. Andy Manar (D-Bunker Hill) unveiled another attempt

With an April 8 deadline to advance non-budgetary legislation out of committee for consideration by the Senate, it was a busy week at the Statehouse.