With government hiring across Illinois now outpacing hiring in the private sector, Wirepoints Executive Editor Mark Glennon worries the worst may still be yet to come for the state’s increasingly ...

Illinois lawmakers head into the final days of their spring session looking for ways to close a substantial gap in the state ...

As state lawmakers finalize the 2026 budget, public sector unions are pushing for major benefit spikes for Tier 2 pensioners ...

Lawmakers still have time to avert a $771 million fiscal cliff. But transit agencies like the CTA will start planning now for ...

Following a report that showed conflict of interest, a state leader has been fired. Daniel Thomas was the Deputy Director of the Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity since 2023.

Giving almost no time for public review, Illinois Democrats pushed through a $55.2 billion budget for next fiscal year late Saturday.

It’s going to be a direct tax on workers and employers in Illinois,” Finley told the Center Square. Finley said the measure would take money from employee paychecks to form a new state agency.

Despite vast resources and awareness of the risks, ADM has failed to prevent a series of recent grain explosions, according ...

State law requires city governments to make public the wages and salaries of all employees who are paid more than $75,000 a year. The Journal Star reviews those salaries annually and publishes ...

Around 6:30 p.m. on Christmas Eve in 2022, flames ripped through the bowels of an industrial facility in Fremont, Nebraska.

(KWQC) - A former Rock Island County employee is facing multiple charges after officials say she stole $900,000 over 21 years. The Rock Island County Sheriff’s Office and the Illinois State ...