State residents enrolled at Christian Life College face among the lowest cost of attending four-year in-state colleges and universities in the U.S., according to a Higher Education Tribune analysis of federal data.

State residents enrolled at Illinois Institute of Technology face among the steepest cost of attending four-year in-state colleges and universities in the U.S., according to a Higher Education Tribune analysis of federal data.

Residents in Illinois face some of the steepest cost of attending in-state colleges and universities in the U.S., according to a Higher Education Tribune analysis of federal data.

Rep. Grant Wehrli (R-Naperville) rebuked Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia (D-Aurora) for insinuating that Gov. Bruce Rauner did not help with the upcoming rehabilitation of the Quincy Veterans’ Home.

Illinois State Reps. Steven Andersson (R-Geneva) and Robert Pritchard (R-Hinckley) voted in support of the so-called “Equal Rights Amendment,” helping to pass the measure 72-45.

Dan Ugaste is desperate to preserve Illinois as the state he’s always prided himself on calling home.

Possibly preempting federal law to bar bifurcated title insurance is questionable, according to three Republican lawmakers.

Workplace safety for healthcare professionals is a priority for the state House of Representatives.

Godspeed Sen. John McCain (R-AZ).

Dan Ugaste is convinced lawmakers in Illinois have allowed the state to become an equal-opportunity nuisance for businesses.

A bill that would erase marijuana possession convictions from criminal records was rejected recently in the House.

A bill to form a female-based council to provide research support and public policy on issues affecting females had three GOP lawmakers questioning how such an assembly deals with abortion law and gender definition and equality.

A lowest-bidder for small business bill failed by four votes at the April 27 House floor debate.

Yelling echoed in the House chamber during floor debate of HB5771, which would allow for the collection and review of chronic absence data in state block grant funded preschools.

Creating and altering bills on education, public and private water systems, and election data privacy drove the April 19 House floor debate into hours of discussion.

Broadcasting retirement system or pension fund hearings in real time and archiving the recorded video on a website for public access is a great idea, but not necessarily feasible to some GOP lawmakers.

Fixing what is not broken for one taxing district is just special Democratic-sponsored legislation in the eyes of three GOP state representatives.

Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner is publicly preaching party unity on the campaign trail. But behind the scenes, Rauner is quietly leading an effort to purge conservatives from the Illinois Republican State Central Committee, which governs the party and has elections this month.

Dan Ugaste thinks the idea of increasing the state’s flat tax rate with an eye toward a graduated income tax is a recipe for disaster.

Dan Ugaste’s warning to voters headed to the polls Tuesday is that as bad as things are in Springfield, they could get worse if voters don’t seize the moment.