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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.

The state’s two-year budget impasse came to a temporary end this week as the General Assembly, despite vetoes by Gov. Bruce Rauner and objections by

Despite the looming deadline of June 30 marking the end of Fiscal Year 2017, no complete balanced budget and reform package has advanced from the