Columns by Scott T. Holland
Illinois is losing physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, nurse anesthetists, physical therapists, veterinarians and many more to other states because we can’t get our licensing act together.
If your taxes are directly on the ballot, don’t miss your chance to influence outcomes.
Almost 13 months after the Chicago Bears closed on the $197.2 million purchase of the racing complex in Arlington Heights, reports surfaced that the team now wants to pay $2 billion to replace Soldier Field just south of its current location.
The commission’s report will inform subject matter hearings this week, hopefully advancing important discussions well beyond wisely allocating public money to schools with powerful fundraising potential.
Former Gov. Pat Quinn was at the Statehouse Tuesday putting his political weight behind House Joint Resolution Constitutional Amendment 19, an effort from state Rep. Ryan Spain, R-Peoria, to increase the ways in which citizens can seek to change the state constitution.
SCOTUS ruling leaves states alone to consider all the other ways election authorities might adjudicate eligibility.
Last year, 20% of all community college enrollees were still in high school. A total of 82,602 individual high school upperclassmen took at least one dual credit class through a community college.
Pritzker’s local control record is spotty, but he’s inviting it here: If you want the money, you levy the tax.
In a 10-page memo, Assistant U.S. Attorney Christine O’Neill asked U.S. District Judge Mary Rowland to hand down a sentence of three years of federal probation for former state Sen. Terry Link while ordering the Vernon Hills Democrat to pay $82,660 in restitution.
Regular Eye On Illinois readers know the easy ways for government officials to curry my favor. High on the list are data, transparency and easy access.
There were ample opportunities to hold the governor’s cited statistics up to a different light in order to see what else they might reveal beyond his intended message.
Governments need money to operate, but taxpayers would benefit from knowing which officials are directly collecting how much. Obfuscation muddles accountability.
Truly eradicating Illinois corruption is less about who approaches the powerful and much more about why so few people can amass such dominion.
Under the Illinois proposal, only a patient deemed mentally capable could choose this path, with statutory protections against a family member seeking or coercing the outcome.
There are better uses for public revenue, including just giving the money back to taxpayers and letting them invest in their own lives and communities.