State Senator Jason Barickman

A Bloomington state senator is pushing back against former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's view that Illinois will not be a top-tier state next year for funding in the Republican races for governor and U.S. Senate.

Illinois State University will get $4.2 million to improve science lab safety. The Capital Development Board has released the money for fume hood exhaust…

Now that voters have rejected the income tax amendment to the State Constitution to create a progressive tax structure, Illinois faces hard choices to…

A Republican state senator from Bloomington said Tuesday that suburban Chicago candidates need to localize their elections.Jason Barickman said GOP…

Illinois Senate Republicans have introduced a package of ethics reform legislation to make lawmaker corruption easier to investigate, but it's unclear how…

Some political observers think the announcement last week by Exelon that it will close two northern Illinois nuclear reactors is an opening bid for…

The Illinois General Assembly passed a $40 billion state budget along party-line votes Saturday night in the House and early Sunday morning in the Senate:…

State lawmakers joined a special session of the Bloomington City Council on Saturday morning to discuss progress on securing state funding for the city’s…

Bloomington state Sen. Jason Barickman said he thinks this week's State of the State speech from Gov. JB Pritzker will not tackle the major issue facing…

Come November, Illinois voters will decide whether to change the state’s income tax structure from the current flat tax to a new progressive or graduated…