Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn. AP Photo/Seth Perlman

This isn’t a very polite sentiment. But here’s hoping Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn, House Speaker Michael Madigan and Senate President John Cullerton caught a serious case of indigestion from their July 4th bratwurst.

The idea of…

President-elect Obama meets with the nation's governors Tuesday in Philadelphia. (Jeff Hayes/Getty Images)

If it’s any consolation to Jay Nixon, Missouri’s governor-elect, that $342 million shortfall in the state budget he inherits Jan. 12 is chump change compared with the problems that…

Earlier this year, the Illinois General Assembly passed a bill that would make it easier for college students to remain covered by their parents’ medical insurance policies if the kids are enrolled part-time or have to drop out because of…

Like a bunch of kids playing hooky, Illinois legislators skipped out of the Capitol last week, thumbing their noses at the governor and the state’s citizens and casting responsibility to the wind.
Faced with a Saturday night adjournment deadline and the…