Matt Murphy

Where do our lawmakers stand on the issue of legislative scholarships -- those tuition waivers that members of the state house and senate have traditionally been allowed to dispense to constituents? As part of the renewed effort to abolish that......

Gov. Pat Quinn today moved to lay off more than 1,900 state workers and close seven state facilities as part of a plan to cut the state budget. The governor sought to blame state lawmakers for giving him a state budget that was $2.2 billion less than...

Illinois House Republican leader Tom Cross said Wednesday that he’d try to cut back the state’s recent corporate income tax hike, but Democrats aren’t interested. But Democratic Senate President John Cullerton has expressed an...

Nearly three-fourths of the lawmakers who voted on doubling the number of Illinois casinos accepted political contributions in the last 18 months from the gambling industry — a practice several states ban. Casinos, racetracks and video poker...

Gov. Pat Quinn today threatened to shut down summer road construction if lawmakers don’t return to Springfield, a move critics contend is a “manufactured crisis.” At issue is a measure that gives Quinn the authority to continue to spend...

State Sen. Matt Murphy, R-Palatine, has announced he will run for reelection next year to continue serving residents in the 27th District. Murphy has represented …...

Posted by Rick Pearson at 2:22 p.m.; updated at 2:23 p.m. SPRINGFIELD --- Democrats in the Senate sent Gov. Pat Quinn a new map of the state’s congressional boundaries for the next decade, a plan which carves up suburban districts......

Posted by Ray Long and Monique Garcia at 9:45 p.m. SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois Senate tonight sent a budget to Gov. Pat Quinn, but are holding out hope to spend a little more on education and social services. Senators approved......

Posted by Monique Garcia at 11:13 a.m.; last updated at 12:22 p.m. Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn today said he plans to call lawmakers back to Springfield to pass a measure that would allow the state to continue paying for construction......

Posted by Todd Wilson at 5:50 p.m. SPRINGFIELD — Republican state senators said Thursday they’ve identified up to $6 billion in spending cuts to help Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn balance his budget — only they’re not ready to share...

For now, the most important detail you need to know about the Illinois Senate Republicans' 21-page plan to get the state's finances in order is that it contains important details. That's huge. Most of what we've heard from the state......

It's taken more than five years, but Illinois is now poised to outlaw the brazen use of state property for self-promotion that came to symbolize the egomaniacal reign of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich. A small thing, really, considering the scale......