Richard Dye

New projections show nibbling around the edges of the state’s budget problems will get Illinois nowhere. The state may have gone for nearly a year and a…

This story first appeared as Illinois Issues' State of the State column in the September 2014 edition of the magazine. An outsider to Illinois politics…

Illinois' pension overhaul is tied up in a court challenge. But even if it remains law, cuts to state employees' and public school teachers' retirement…