Even President Obama had a hard time paying his student loans. more ›

According to the Civic Federation, financial Armageddon is at Illinois' doorstep. The Sun Times reports that the watchdog group, one of many in our state, released an analysis yesterday recommending the state increase the income tax, cut $2 billion more from the budget, along with some other measures to alleviate a $12 billion budgetary black hole. In an interview with the Sun Times, Civic Federation president Laurence Msall said “Doomsday is here.” more ›