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By Scott Reeder Illinois News Network Sandra Olson was a Schaumburg cop – until she injured her foot. “I know it sounds lame – the other cops gave me a hard time about it – but I can’t be a police officer anymore because I injured my foot,” she said. She says the incident – which occurred during a traffic stop in 2005 –[...]

By Scott Reeder and Mike Billy Illinois News Network SPRINGFIELD  – The Illinois House voted Monday on a measure that will add hundreds of thousands of  low-income adults to the state’s Medicaid roles costing federal and state taxpayers billions of dollars. Lawmakers in the House endorsed the measure 63-55. “The problem with[...]

By Scott Reeder SPRINGFIELD – I set a personal record the other day that I’m not particularly proud of – I spent $76 filling up my car with gas. That’s money that won’t go toward charity, my kids or a whole host of things that I would rather spend it on. Instead it was poured right into the gas tank. A lot of us had that[...]

By Mike Billy Some of the state's highest paid employees make Gov. Quinn's $177,411 look like a pittance. In total, there were 591 state employees, not including university staff, who were paid more than Quinn in 2012. Among those are six state police officers, two employees of the Teachers' Retirement System of Illinois, dozens of[...]

By Scott Reeder The Illinois “Amazon tax” was a money grab that didn’t work out for the state. When the General Assembly passed the measure two years ago, Senate President John Cullerton predicted that it would generate $150 million in new sales taxes each year. Instead, it was on track to collect only $6.4 million the first year.[...]

By Scott Reeder SPRINGFIELD – Illinois Supreme Court justices appeared skeptical Wednesday when an attorney representing the state argued the constitutionality of a two-year-old state law designed to force certain Internet retailers to collect sales taxes. Before the law was passed, companies such as Sears and Wal-Mart collected the state[...]

By Scott Reeder   SPRINGFIELD – Just call it an Internet get-rich scheme that didn’t work out. Only this time it’s the people of Illinois who were left holding the bag. Two years ago, Illinois legislators passed the “Amazon tax,” a tax on Internet commerce designed to help fill state coffers. Instead, it has generated only a[...]

By Scott Reeder Shortly before World War II, Norman Rockwell painted an image depicting a workingman standing to speak at a government meeting. Surrounded by men in suits, he stood there in a flannel shirt and a laborer’s jacket with an agenda stuck in it pocket. The message was clear. We are a nation where the freedom to petition one’s[...]

“You might be a redneck if both your dog and your wallet are on chains.” Jeff Foxworthy I couldn’t help but think of that joke yesterday when the Illinois House passed a bill saying dogs, when tethered, needed to be on chains or ropes at least 10 feet long. House Bill 83 passed the Senate Wednesday on a 43-9 vote. Don’t get me[...]

Illinois has the nation’s second-worst unemployment rate. At 9.5 percent, it’s two percentage points higher than the national average of 7.5 percent. Two percentage points might not seem like much on paper, but that equates to 130,000 people. That’s more than the entire populations of Peoria, Springfield or Elgin. Think about it[...]