SJ-R Opinion Page

05/19/2017

Day three of the SJ-R editorial board's eight-day special report Sounding the Alarm looks at the need to overhaul funding of public education in Illinois

Editor's note: Illinois is the only state in America without a budget, a failure that digs it deeper into debt each day. But the lack of a budget is not

05/19/2017

Day Two of the SJ-R editorial page's eight-day special report Sounding the Alarm looks at the need for pension reform - and it doesn't start with changing benefits.

Editor's note: Illinois is the only state in America without a budget, a failure that digs it deeper into debt each day. But the lack of a budget is not

05/18/2017

ICYMI: Day one of the SJ-R's editorial page eight-day special report Sounding the Alarm compared Illinois to other Midwest states in various areas to see how the Land of Lincoln stacks up. Visit http://tinyurl.com/las7q7s to explore this graphic in more detail.

05/16/2017

And Gov. Bruce Rauner has a message for Senate President John Cullerton

Everyone seems to have a powerful lobbyist in Springfield but you, the taxpayers. That's why you elected me. I'm here to fight for you and stop career

05/16/2017

ICYMI: Senate President John Cullerton has a message for Gov. Bruce Rauner

As you read this, it’s May 15, which leaves 16 days until the General Assembly’s constitutional deadline for action.Illinois hasn’t

04/21/2017

SJ-R Edit Board: It’s worth taking a moment to point out the millions that will be spent in an election that’s still 18 months away will buy a whole of talk — talk likely to involve a lot of nasty finger-pointing that will do nothing to fix our broken state.

There is no disputing that residents — or candidates themselves — have the right to give money to politicians they feel can make a

04/20/2017

Bernie also takes a look at where some campaign war chests stand for congressional candidates

U.S. Rep. RODNEY DAVIS, R-Taylorville, is questioning why former U.S. Rep. JESSE JACKSON JR., D-Chicago, who served time in prison for personal use of

03/27/2017

As Illinois state lawmakers go about spending their paychecks, we hope they stop for a minute to think about who isn't getting paid. Social service

03/24/2017

Who else is tired of this?

Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner and Democratic Comptroller Susana Mendoza are taking the only sport that matters in Illinois politics — scoring

03/07/2017

We hope they're still committed to getting a budget passed

If it were up to us, we probably would not have called the “grand bargain” introduced in the Illinois Senate “grand” or a

03/02/2017

Political activist, talk-show host and now publisher DAN PROFT has been using some of his publications to display a story that talks about potential voter