Adam Schuster

Received wisdom from experienced campaign hands says most voters don't really start paying attention to politics until after Labor Day. Unlike the conventional wisdom regarding yard signs and their effectiveness,...

Illinois' body politic suffers from "the silent killer," but state leaders keep ordering up New York strip steaks for every meal. The ailment is public hyper-pension. Illinois' public pension crisis...

Leaders in Springfield just went, "Phew." Earlier this year, they faced a $4.8 billion deficit — they're now expecting to receive $7.55 billion in unrestricted cash from Washington, D.C. Illinois,...

In a letter to Illinois' members of Congress, Gov. J.B. Pritzker asks Congress to rally for more help, warning of doom and threatening schoolchildren if the federal government doesn't prop...

You and your neighbor have a decade of familiarity and own similarly comfortable homes. You drive similarly fuel-efficient family SUVs. You even cut your lawns in similar stripe patterns each...

Gov.-elect J.B. Pritzker surprised critics by committing to a worthy goal: two years of truly balanced budgets with no income tax hike. Pritzker says he wants to “bring efficiencies to...