Scott T. Holland

What is the wisdom of the rule wherein a candidate can give enough money to their own committee to make it legal for others to give millions more?

The idea just a few thousand dollars could shift a senator’s focus from the best interests of constituents to the personal bottom line is the exact thing that undercuts faith in all elected officials.

Aimless consolidation is no cure, but no agency has made a strong case for just pouring new money into the current systems.

The idea is for students who opt in to get one notification of admission offers to every Illinois public college, then have the ability to accept and enroll through the same portal.

The question remains unanswered in Springfield: Whose interests are served when felonies become misdemeanors as long as the government gets assets in the deal?

The report is well-timed as Springfield considers many changes aimed at meeting the state’s workforce needs.

Obviously, these mothers could connect over tragic circumstances. Without diminishing those emotions, they have caught my attention for their citizen advocacy.

Election winners often vow to be representatives for all constituents, not just those who filled in the correct oval.

'If you really care about something and you want to be heard, there’s going to be someone who’ll listen to you.'

"The idea that those people who drive electric vehicles are not paying taxes like those who drive gas cars is simply wrong.”

It can be frustrating to see a commonsense proposal stall (for now) seemingly because it doesn’t solve a problem it wasn’t created to address.

Georgia, Iowa, Kentucky, Montana, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania and Utah have some form of taxes on electricity used as fuel.

Although Piephoff noted “no conclusions have been reached,” anyone who has followed reporting on this issue knows a federal investigation will quite likely verify established trends.

Shah declined to stay the case based on President Trump’s recent executive order calling for a pause and review of how the Justice Department enforces the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

Privacy concerns belong in that conversation, but rejecting studies out of hand requires embracing a status quo in ignorance of consistently changing factors.