This week, the Illinois Comptroller’s Office released $421 million, the last and final quarter payment for fiscal year 2017 mandated categorical (MCAT) payments to schools

The Illinois Senate this week passed legislation to honor a Navy Seal and two police officers who were tragically killed in the line of duty.

Lawmakers return to the State Capitol for the annual fall “veto session” this week and are expected to either take up votes to override or

The state’s official bid for a Chicago-area location for Amazon’s second headquarters was electronically submitted this week. The “HQ2” selection process has sent cities across

Plans were unveiled for an Illinois Innovation Network (IIN) that would bring together research universities, business and the public sector as partners in a $1.2

A new law was signed recently that will enable adults who did not finish high school to acquire high school diplomas. The law also allows

Republican lawmakers this week jumpstarted what they intend to be a thoughtful and bipartisan conversation about the state’s higher education system, introducing Senate Bill 2234

On Sept. 18, the long-awaited overhaul of the Illinois Economic Development for a Growing Economy (EDGE) tax credit legislation was signed into law. House Bill

House Bill 303, signed by the Governor on September 19, seeks to strike the proper balance between targeting criminal enterprise and safeguarding the rights of

Illinois residents are urged to be vigilant following a massive data breach of consumer reporting agency Equifax. Equifax announced late last week that it suffered