Andy Manar

Legislation to expand Illinois’ sales tax for online shopping recently passed the Senate. But it faces several more hurdles before it could become law.The…

The Illinois Department of Corrections says a major cash crunch has it struggling to keep its facilities running.The warning came Wednesday at a Senate…

For more than 30 years, kids with a certain streak of genius have found a home at Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy in suburban Chicago. It’s the…

Less than an hour before Gov. Bruce Rauner was scheduled to deliver his State of the State address, lawmakers in the House and Senate voted to override…

The agency overseeing what’s been dubbed the nation’s worst-funded public-school system plans to hire “storytellers” to relay tales of successes in…

Illinoisians eligible to vote will now automatically be registered when they get their driver’s license or another state I.D.Republican Governor Bruce…

The push to reopen the Illinois State Museum continues in Springfield.A senate committee approved legislation to get the facility back up and running.It…

Students at Rockford’s Guilford High School showed off their latest high-tech projects to Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner today.Rauner stopped by the…

Illinois public schools are funded by two main sources--property taxes and state money. State senator Andy Manar, a Democrat from Macoupin County,…