Tag: Illinois

Licensing is generally justified on the grounds of public safety or fraud protection. But while it makes sense to license people in fields such as healthcare, many local governments regulate careers in which the public benefit is harder to justify: beauticians, tour guides, and tax preparers, among others. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

States rethink occupational license rules

Sean Higgins · October 16, 2017 4:01 am

A group of 18 attorneys general, including Eric Schneiderman of New York, sued President Trump after he decided to halt cost-sharing reduction payments for Obamacare insurers.

18 states, DC file lawsuit against Trump over Obamacare insurer subsidies

Diana Stancy Correll · October 14, 2017 12:52 am

Beltway Confidential

Michael Bloomberg wasted $10 million trying to convince Chicago-area Cook County to keep its soda tax

daniel-takash, Guy Bentley · October 11, 2017 7:00 pm

Afternoon Links: Seinfeld’s Archives, Make Me a Bicycle, Clown!, and a Divested Running Mate

Jim Swift · September 25, 2017 8:12 pm

Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Monday that the report justifies his prior speeches in which he has said the jump in violent crime is not a "blip" to be ignored. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

Chicago violence drives murder increase in 2016

Kelly Cohen · September 25, 2017 3:21 pm

Reports from the scene indicated Grijalva, D-Ariz., and Gutierrez, D-Ill., were among multiple lawmakers who joined a crowd sitting in the street outside the building. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Democratic congressmen Raul Grijalva and Luis Gutierrez arrested at Trump Tower protest

Kyle Feldscher · September 19, 2017 4:53 pm

West Virginia had never ranked higher than 49th in the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reformâs lawsuit climate ranking. But in 2017, the state jumped from 50th to 45th in a new national survey.

POLICY ROUNDUP

Joana Suleiman, John Siciliano · September 18, 2017 4:01 am

The ruling will now apply to sanctuary jurisdictions nationwide.(AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Federal judge rules Jeff Sessions cannot withhold funds from sanctuary cities

Kelly Cohen · September 15, 2017 9:09 pm

Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill., said he and other liberal House Democrats are prepared to support a government shutdown if House members fail to pass the Dream Act and protect hundreds of thousands of young illegal immigrants from being deported. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Luis Gutierrez: Democrats ready to shut down government if Dream Act fails

Diana Stancy Correll · September 9, 2017 12:58 am

Over the course of the past 30 years, teachers' unions have become increasingly political and even within their sole support for Democratic candidates, they strongly oppose any dissent.

Beltway Confidential

How teachers’ unions became the paper tigers of education reform

Jeanne Allen · September 7, 2017 3:44 pm

Attorneys general in 15 states and the District of Columbia have filed a lawsuit to protect recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which the Trump administration started winding down this week. (AP Photo/John Locher)

15 states, DC sue Trump to protect DACA recipients

Kelly Cohen · September 6, 2017 7:17 pm

Congressional Leadership Fund is investing millions on field teams to supplement vulnerable Republican campaigns in House districts the Democrats are targeting. The new offices bring CLF's total field outposts to 17, each with a full time political operative to run operations and volunteer army to knock on doors, in work that began more than a year before the midterm. (AP Photo/Don Ryan)

Paul Ryan’s super PAC boosts 2018 ground game with new field offices

David M. Drucker · September 5, 2017 10:10 pm