A bipartisan group of elected officials want the state House to take up the original, union-backed pension reform bill that has already passed out of the Senate.
State lawmakers are expected to head back to Springfield next week for a special session to take up a pension reform proposal that combines aspects of both the House and Senate plans.
Early childhood education advocates say the state's budget plan for the upcoming fiscal year that passed in the state House and Senate last week is a partial victory. Progress Illinois takes a closer look at how education will be funded under the new budget.
While Attorney General Lisa Madigan seeks to provide Gov. Pat Quinn with more time to consider the bill, concealed carry legislation that passed through the Illinois General Assembly last week has come under fire
from the Illinois Press Association.
