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(The Center Square) – A Republican state representative says Illinois is a cautionary tale, not a shining example of how a state’s economic policies should work. Illinois legislators are ...
(The Center Square) – The rules for the 104th Illinois General Assembly are now in place despite House Republicans urging for changes to make things more fair for the minority party.
Historically, Illinois was a critical swing state leaning marginally towards the Republican Party. [3] Between its admission into the Union and 1996, it voted for the losing candidate just six times - in 1824, 1840, 1848, 1884, 1916, and 1976.
The Government of Illinois, under Illinois' Constitution, has three branches of government: Executive, Legislative, and Judicial.The State's executive branch is split into several statewide elected offices, with the Governor as chief executive and head of state, and has numerous departments, agencies, boards and commissions.
Corruption in Illinois has been a problem from the earliest history of the state. [1] Electoral fraud in Illinois pre-dates the territory's admission to the Union in 1818. [ 2 ] Illinois had the third most federal criminal convictions for public corruption between 1976 and 2012, behind New York and California .
The University of Illinois Flash Index for November fell to 102 from its reading in October of 102.2. The index is the weighted average of the state’s growth rates in corporate earnings ...
The governor is the head of the executive branch of Illinois's state government and is charged with enforcing state laws. The governor has the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the Illinois Legislature , to convene the legislature, and to grant pardons , except in cases of impeachment . [ 2 ]
The city is working with a Texas-based solar vendor known as Shine Development Partners to apply for up to $2 million in incentives for solar-farm installation through Illinois Shines, a state ...