Companies Say They'll Be Hurt By Online Tax
So-called "affiliate marketers" are big business in Illinois, but they say their existence is threatened by what is known as the "Amazon tax."
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So-called "affiliate marketers" are big business in Illinois, but they say their existence is threatened by what is known as the "Amazon tax."
State lawmakers have rejected a bill that would have given teenagers who had consensual sex a means of getting off the sex offender registry.
People who want to kick-start high speed rail in Illinois are at it again.
The Illinois legislature wants to make the governor more accountable in making appointments to jobs and commissions.
Illinois Senate Republicans have vowed to block any plans to borrow money to pay the state's overdue bills.
Not everybody likes the idea of a state police director who's never been a cop, and there is still no official action on the man who remains "acting director."
To hear one state senator tell it, life as a public servant can pay very, very well.
The days could be numbered for free health insurance for Illinois state retirees.
What was supposed to be a budget overview at a Senate committee meeting Tuesday came up short, in the eyes of the intended audience.
A common complaint at the state Capitol is that a bill is trapped in the House Rules Committee. A new rule would keep that from happening so easily.
The head of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency gave a positive review to the state's preparation for, and response to, the blizzard last week.
Microbreweries could have it a bit easier under a proposed new state law, as long as they stay small.
Now that the worst is over, the National Guard says its work to rescue drivers in the blizzard is complete.
This coming Sunday would be Ronald Reagan's 100th birthday, and Illinoisans are celebrating the only president so far who was born in the state.
A proposed state hotline would help parents connect with services, as they try to get their children away from trouble.
A new year has begun for the Illinois General Assembly, and for some members, it's a new career.
The State of Wisconsin is again being held up as an example, this time in the field of litigation fairness.
The holiday for the Illinois sales tax during back-to-school time in the late summer would be an annual event, under a bill that has been introduced in the state House.
The Illinois Attorney General's office will try today to put on hold a state appeals court ruling that would undo Illinois' major construction program.
The ways Illinois promotes clean air, and discourages smoking, are in for an evaluation from the American Lung Association.
A coroner's jury in downstate Sangamon County has determined that Springfield Mayor Timothy Davlin committed suicide.
They're out there, but they're not very loud – people who actually think Illinois lawmakers are doing the right thing by raising income taxes.
As the Civil War Sesquicentennial approaches, a scholar says Abraham Lincoln is not universally loved. That still resonates in the 21st century.
A plan to raise income taxes in Illinois has passed its first test in Springfield, winning support of a House committee, sending the measure to the full House for a vote.
Free rides for seniors on public transit were a gift from since-deposed Gov. Rod Blagojevich.
