Scott T. Holland

Cleaning up government requires diluting the authority of those who might peddle their influence.

General Assembly Democrats drafted a bill that significantly reduces financial liability to modify the 2008 Biometric Information Privacy Act.

Government is about working for the public. Politics is about perception.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, and if the insurance companies don’t see it that way, lawmakers might force their hands.

If it is possible to separate emotions from tragedy, the ongoing legal drama in DeKalb County may prove instructive.

Cost is an important aspect of Gov. JB Pritzker's proposed new state agency for early childhood services consolidation.

Find out what legislators are working on by visiting ilga.gov.

As Illinois lawmakers continue discussions about abolishing the legal subminimum wage, it’s worth looking beyond an often binary debate.

Maurice West is nothing if not persistent. West, D-Rockford, joined the state House in January 2019 and for almost the entirety of his tenure has been working on legislation regarding schools using Native American names and images as mascots.

U.S. Rep Mike Bost is on track to win his bid for reelection, but Bost concurrently appears headed to yet another loss in a lawsuit he helped file in May 2022 challenging a 2015 state law governing the counting of mail-in ballots.

The Illinois Coalition Against Domestic Violence reports one in three women and one in seven men are domestic violence victims.

A key challenge to solving the teacher shortage issue through political means is each successive year of data underscores the reality of this being a regional challenge.

Important to read the Auditor General's performance audit on the state's response to a COVID-19 outbreak at the Veterans Home in La Salle for yourself.

The incident involving House Speaker Emanuel "Chris" Welch's office and restrictions on speaking to a reporter about political matters stemmed from a report on a primary campaign, leading to controversy and questions about communication management and political power dynamics.

The Local Food Infrastructure Grant program in Illinois, launched with $1.8 million after a legislative attempt stalled, received overwhelming response with almost 250 applicants submitting proposals for over $23 million, leading to 19 projects being awarded grants.