For Immediate Release โ October 24, 2025 Illinois Department of Central Management Services Receives Top National Honors for Innovation, Leadership, and Government Operations SPRINGFIELD, IL…

Writing frequently about Illinois government presents a concerning amount of opportunities to leaf through the personal archives, copy an old paragraph or two, change a…
SNAP Federal Impact Center IDHS is deeply concerned by the recent passage of the Trump Administration’s sweeping budget bill and its impact on the Supplemental…
The Illinois Department of Central Management Services (CMS) is riding high off a recent slew of awards from the National Association of State Chief Administrators…
CHICAGO โ Governor JB Pritzker today signed Executive Order 2025-06 to establish the Illinois Accountability Commission (IAC), an independent board tasked with capturing and creating…

The harvest season this year has brought uncertainty for soybean farmers in Illinois amid a trade dispute between the United States and China. The tariffs…

ByBen Szalinski, Capitol New Illinois Tuesday, October 21, 2025 10:37PM The state expects benefit disbursements to continue if a budget is passed by the end…
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Politics The federal government entered its sixth day of a shutdown Tuesday, leavingย hundreds of thousands of employees furloughed. Thousands more essential workers โ including air…

WALTER WENDLER ย |ย Amarillo Globe-News (Editor’s note: This column originally appeared on the author’s website March 30, 2015.) Overwhelmingly, the more thanย 7,000 state lawmakersย nationwide attended…