Jim Nowlan

Gov. J.B. Pritzker and state lawmakers have recently been trumpeting the great financial shape of Illinois. Balderdash. And they know it. There will almost certainly be state tax increases by...

The Illinois Republican Party is irrelevant in Illinois politics. The GOP State Central Committee has no bench, no money, no ideas and no platform. Republicans hold but three of 17...

Illinois can fix its broken fiscal system — without increasing tax rates on the rich, or anyone else. Hard work and painful actions will be required, but it is absolutely...

If the 2020 presidential election tells us anything, it's that there appears to be space for a major new political party. Exceptions abound, but generally speaking, minorities and urban liberal...