A former member of the Illinois Senate is suing the state’s comptroller to get money he claims was denied him during a decade in office — even though he voted for the measure he now claims is illegal.
Illinois’ ongoing budget problem has left the State Board of Elections in a financial hole so deep that agency officials claim they can’t afford the new computers they need to handle the number of candidates filing petitions to run in next year’s elections.
The University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign (UIUC) is leading the state in some rather dubious areas that exemplify Illinois’ current higher education crisis, according the Illinois Policy Institute.