Indiana could see between $39 billion and $53 billion in toll revenue from 2021 to 2050, according to study of a proposed statewide tolling program.

The Illinois House failed – by just one vote – to override Rauner’s veto of SB 1905, a ban of local Right-to-Work ordinances. But the bill is likely come back for another vote.

“The culture of silence will end eventually. And when it does, it will be with a deafening roar.”

Upcoming Illinois elections could see more third-party candidates than in past rounds of balloting after Illinois’ full slate ballot requirement law, which placed additional burdens on third party candidates seeking to run for office, was struck down by a federal appeals court.

The University of Illinois Flash Economic Index is at its lowest level in five years. The October number clocked in at 103.9, down three-tenths of a point from September.

Illinois’ median property tax rate is 2.67 percent, or about $1,000 on a $35,000 house. That is double the national median. So our O’Fallon house example is in line with the rest of Illinois. But our East St. Louis example is four times the national median. How fair is any of that? And who does the tax injustice hit the hardest? Our poor. Our students who typically get two-thirds of our property taxes. Our elderly being taxed out of the homes they own. There has to be a better way.

More than two dozen complaints – potential allegations of sexual harassment, ethical breeches, improper behavior, prohibited political activity or other possible violations of the state ethics act by state lawmakers and legislative staff – have been sitting in a binder for as long as three years,

State Sens. Ira Silverstein, D-Chicago, and Andy Manar, D-Bunker Hill, are co-sponsoring a bill to require political committees that pay for certain political and issue communications on social media platforms to identify themselves as having paid for the ads.