finances

You might be thinking to yourself, "Well, a dollar is a dollar wherever you go, right?" That would seem to be the case, but, as a new study by the Tax Foundation found--you'd be wrong.

Oh boy! This isn't good. Our lovely state of Illinois is actually deeper in debt that what it was originally thought to be.

I know, that's kind of a loaded question. We need lots of things in this state, primarily money. According to a report out by Reboot Illinois, we've got some serious cash problems (among other things). Currently sitting at around $111 billion, Illinois' unpaid pension debt is the highest in the nation ... Read More ...

Dave Dahl -- Illinois Radio Network The man who will be governor is running out of words to describe how bad things are. “The financial condition of the state of Illinois is stunningly bad. It's horrible,” Gov.-elect Bruce Rauner told reporters...