Governor of Illinois from 2015 to 2019
New York’s state comptroller divested that state’s pension funds from two private prison companies that operate immigration detention centers. The California State Teachers’ Retirement System faced pressure from “hundreds of…
There have been just as many successful de-licensing efforts in the past two years as there were the previous 40 years. We can thank a North Carolina licensing board's overzealous…
“Illinois is like Venezuela now” may be one of the best opening lines of an opinion column, if not the greatest, it’s certainly in the discussion. Chicago Tribune columnist John…
Thomas Lifson of the American Thinker details the latest developments in Chicago’s troubling story. Chicago and the State of Illinois are lurching toward insolvency, burdened by enormous pension liabilities, political…
Conservative policymakers interested in helping President Trump get rid of overly burdensome regulations might consider suing him. Christopher Bedford of the Daily Caller explains why one state-level official is making…
From “The 10 Most Memorable Teachers Union Quotes of 2016” by Mike Antonucci on The 74: 9) “Our staff is under constant pressure to do more with less since we…
If you thought that North Carolina was the only state in the country facing uncertain budget times….look again. New Hampshire passed a continuing resolution, similar to NC, but has been…
Bill McMorris of the Washington Free Beacon reports on a development that should please opponents of forced unionization. A federal judge will allow three Illinois government workers to challenge the…
Steve Forbes devotes space in the latest issue of Forbes magazine to the man now occupying the top job in Illinois state government. The Land of Lincoln is indeed the…
Michael Barone surveys the electoral landscape and offers an early assessment at National Review Online of Democrats’ chances for regaining control of the U.S. Senate in the 2016 elections. We…
Michael Tanner of the Cato Institute devotes a National Review Online column to the latest political stunt involving the minimum wage. Embattled Illinois governor Pat Quinn will be living on…