By Anthony Brino | Illinois Statehouse News SPRINGFIELD  — Many Illinois lawmakers say they are still not convinced that Gov. Pat Quinn’sproposal to close centers for people with mental health and developmental disabilities is a good plan.

By Anthony Brino | Illinois Statehouse News SPRINGFIELD — Cameras in Illinois will soon do what has always been a police officer’s job — issue speeding tickets.

  By Andrew Thomason | Illinois Statehouse News SPRINGFIELD — llinois’ 12 percent increase in higher education spending this year isn’t going to benefit students. Instead, the additional funding for fiscal 2012 is going into the State Universities Retirement System, or SURS, to address its underfunded pension program.

By Stephanie Fryer | Illinois Statehouse News SPRINGFIELD — Cynthia Colletti headed to her local hardware store this week after the handle on her toilet broke.  While shopping at Ace Hardware here, she noticed signs in the plumbing aisle that read “Illinois Caustic/Corrosive Substances Act: Effective January 1st  2012” along with a description of the information customers would have to provide [...]

  By Andrew Thomason | Illinois Statehouse News   SPRINGFIELD — A debate over the usefulness of smart meters versus potential security and privacy in the Illinois city of Naperville has spilled into the courts.

By Andrew Thomason | Illinois Statehouse News SPRINGFIELD — A central Illinois county has been deemed a “judicial hellhole” for its practice of handing out large settlements to plaintiffs in civil cases, according to a nonprofit that focuses on judicial reform.