Scott T. Holland

Registering to vote is neither required nor a guarantee of actually voting, which might be partly why political types are so comfortable with the phrase “publicly owned” referring to a specific government entity and not the constituents whom that entity technically represents.

Government historians can explain how Illinois ended up with this timetable, but those recollections often explain only why it exists – not whether it’s the best approach.

Lower prices for prescription meds are positive, right? Sure, except in this instance, the purpose of the discount is so that those facilities can profit when selling the medication to patients.

Halfway through May is a fine time to revisit some of the legislation covered earlier in the session, among more than 11,800 bills and resolutions filed since the current General Assembly started in January 2025.

We also hope to sow seeds for those who can someday take our places, wherever they land, continuing the cycle of finding a little corner of life in which to make a difference.

Even if the math isn’t perfect, it helps to understand promises and projections versus the likely reality.

Remember: the Bears have a stadium. No one forced the team to spend almost $300 million to buy an old horse track without any concrete development plans.

To be fair, Frank Mautino isn’t the only person to benefit from these structures, just a convenient, timely proxy.

"On a single receipting day this month following the April 15 income tax deadline, more than $1.5 billion in income tax receipts were collected."

If approved, the bill would put a three-day retention limit on captured data absent its role as evidence for potential criminal prosecution.

Obviously, $125 million is real money. But the way it shakes out for individual customers is almost negligible.

Because the statutory language clearly applies to businesses, government units obviously are excluded.

Scudder deftly explains the case history and why Madigan’s appellate arguments failed, routinely addressing what a reasonable jury could believe based on everything shown at trial.

Lawmakers have filed more than 11,400 bills and resolutions since the current General Assembly started in January 2025.

Anti-violence might be my deepest held personal position. But that comes from understanding how much we actually have normalized the scourge.