He said he wants to see things move faster. He said “Roberts Rules of Order,” which governs the legislative process in Illinois, enables him to do that.

Business owners, retirees, investors and economists are all watching the extreme volatility in the U.S. economy following President Trump’s sweeping tariffs. State officials are also monitoring it, ...

The broken legislative process hurts people because bills that should have been passed, that looked like they were set to pass, became casualties of the end-of-session chaos.