Starting July 1, hotel guests in Illinois will no longer find single-use personal care products readily available in their rooms. Signed into law last year, the Small Single-Use Plastic Act prohibits hotels from stocking hotel rooms with small, single-use plastic bottles containing personal care products. The […]
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has come out against Illinois’ 2023 ban on more than 170 semi-automatic firearms, including commonly owned rifles like the AR-15. In a legal filing, DOJ attorneys said the law violates the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms. A […]
On June 16, Governor JB Pritzker officially signed into law the largest government spending plan in Illinois history – a more than $55 billion spending plan that includes nearly $1 billion in new tax increases and relies heavily on budget gimmicks and one-time revenue grabs. Passed […]
Today, members of the Illinois House and Senate Republican caucuses joined together to call on Gov. Pritzker to veto Senate Bill 328, legislation that would serve only to enrich trial lawyers at the expense of jobs and economic growth. They also filed a lawsuit in Sangamon […]
The Illinois Secretary of State’s office is awarding more than $1 million in technology grants to 88 public libraries across the state. The funding, administered through the Illinois State Library, will help libraries in underserved communities improve technology access and services. Eligible libraries will receive either […]
Illinois Democrats approved a new per-wager tax on online sports bets, adding another financial burden to consumers and threatening the state’s legal sports betting industry. Beginning July 1, Illinois sportsbooks must pay $0.25 on each of the first 20 million bets placed statewide annually and $0.50 […]
Once the most powerful politician in Illinois, former House Speaker Michael Madigan was sentenced this week to 7½ years in federal prison and a $2.5 million fine for corruption—a stunning fall for a man who ruled state politics like a mob boss, controlling government, rewarding allies, […]
As Governor J.B. Pritzker traveled to Washington, D.C., to testify on Illinois’ sanctuary state policies, his immigration agenda has cost Illinois citizens billions of dollars. While Gov. Pritzker claims he’s simply following existing law, in reality he has pushed policies that dramatically limit cooperation with federal […]
While the budget includes significant new tax burdens, Republican lawmakers also blocked several of the most damaging proposals—though they caution that these ideas are far from dead and are likely to return. One proposal would have added a $1.50 delivery tax to nearly every package shipped […]
Governor J.B. Pritzker’s record-breaking spending plan, which relies on nearly one billion dollars in tax increases and gimmicks, passed the General Assembly on May 31. Once signed into law, it will become the largest budget in Illinois history, totaling more than fifty-five billion dollars. That figure […]