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Kristan Vaughan stands April 13, 2020, inside Corcoran's Grill & Pub, one of the seven Irish pubs in Chicago and its suburbs that she owns and operates within Vaughan Hospitality Group. Corcoran's, like other bars and restaurants in Illinois, has been closed due to coronavirus.

Commentary: Illinois must build a life raft as it navigates the COVID-19 fallout

April 13, 2020 at 4:31 p.m.

Each of us will feel the effects of the coronavirus quarantines differently. Those on the front lines in hospitals and makeshift health care facilities will see the face of this...

The Illinois State Capitol building on May 21, 2019.

Gov. Pritzker, stop treating Illinois taxpayers like the state’s ATM

May 31, 2019 at 4:23 p.m.

It started with the progressive income tax. Then they came after Netflix. And gasoline. And video gambling. And retailers. All in, Illinois lawmakers before the spring legislative session ends will...

Illinois Democratic gubernatorial candidate J.B. Pritzker, shown at a debate in Quincy on Thursday, Oct. 11, has so far ruled out reforms to the public employee pension scheme.

Do you really want to vote for an even bigger Illinois tax burden?

May 31, 2019 at 4:24 p.m.

Illinois Democratic gubernatorial candidate J.B. Pritzker has been unwilling to share his proposed progressive income tax rates or details about how much his policy agenda will cost taxpayers. But people...

Why Illinois is so broke

August 23, 2021 at 2:30 p.m.

A specter is haunting Illinois — the specter of government unions. State taxpayers bear the burden of more than $200 billion in unfunded government retirement costs. Yet unions resist any...

Why Illinois is so broke

December 24, 2018 at 4:28 p.m.

A specter is haunting Illinois — the specter of government unions. State taxpayers bear the burden of more than $200 billion in unfunded government retirement costs. Yet unions resist any...

An encounter with the occupiers

August 23, 2021 at 1:57 a.m.

I had a direct encounter with the Occupy Wall Street protesters as I was on my way home the other night. My office is a block north of their Chicago...

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