Cme Group Tax Break

The millions of dollars per year CME Group is siphoning out of the Illinois state budget makes us, the working people of Chicago and Illinois, its majority shareholders.

The Great Recession caused the largest collapse in state revenues on record -- which resulted in record cuts to state budgets and new depths of pain for struggling families.

In a Friday appearance on MSNBC'S "Morning Joe," Democratic Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn said he would not be giving in anytime soon to state Republicans' ...

Illinois lawmakers have already expressed frustration with Sears about their decision to close 120 stores across the country after the state approved ...

CHICAGO -- John Schneider's work is all shouts and hand gestures. Get him on the phone and you'll strain to hear over the barks and cries of his fello...