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 Benjamin Yount | Illinois Statehouse News SPRINGFIELD — Gov. Pat Quinn closed the headline grabbing double-dipping loophole in Illinois’ pension system, but critics say legal questions and pension costs also must be addressed.

By Benjamin Yount | Illinois Statehouse News SPRINGFIELD — Call it the year of the tax increase. Illinois‘ tax increase vote in January dominated this year’s session here. Illinois Statehouse News takes a look back at the year, taking stock of the work from state lawmakers. Our year in review looks at the abolition of [...]

By Benjamin Yount | Illinois Statehouse News SPRINGFIELD — Illinois taxpayers have been hit up twice to cover the cost of extra session days for state lawmakers, but the extra days are not cheap.

By Andrew Thomason | Illinois Statehouse News SPRINGFIELD — Proponents of some version of a tax-relief package for businesses and low-income households watched Tuesday as their efforts once again hit a legislative brick wall.

By Andrew Thomason | Illinois Statehouse News   SPRINGFIELD — A $250-million makeshift combination of tax breaks for businesses and tax relief for the low- to moderate-income families is positioned to come up for a vote in the Illinois House on Tuesday.