The state of Illinois may be running a deficit, but many of its leaders' campaign accounts are flush.The Illinois Campaign for Political Reform tracks…

Just how much assistance the state should give low-income parents to help them pay for daycare has been a hot issue throughout the budget debate. Now, a…

Illinois now has a chief operating officer: Linda Lingle. Gov. Bruce Rauner talks a lot about the "superstars" he's hired to help him run the state, and…

Illinois is in is seventh week without a state budget. How did it get to this point, and why? For this segments of The Players -- all about who's who in…

State employees have begun receiving pink slips, as a budget impasse looms -- a total of 171 workers will lose their jobs. Workers have gotten notice that…

Republican legislators can expect the money they've received from Gov. Bruce Rauner to keep flowing, if the governor holds true to his word.Republicans'…

A Cook County judge has ruled Illinois may not continue to paystate workers in full during an ongoing budget impasse. Judge Diane Joan Larsen ruled…

Democrats are accusing Governor Bruce Rauner of "dodging" questions about how much his top staff are making. Just how much Gov. Bruce Rauner's…

The Illinois General Assembly doesn't typically meet during the summer. But legislators are back for another one-day session today.A week ago, the…

Over the last several days, talk has circulated that the uber-rich Illinois GOP Governor Bruce Rauner will be using his resources to take his ongoing…