We’re often warned against believing that “perception is reality,” but sometimes perception becomes the reality. In politics, it usually rises to the level of self-fulfilling prophesy. The November 4 election…

I’ve been seeing a lot of talk recently, warning of a bubble in the development of artificial intelligence. For instance, the following quotes are from an article on The Motley…

The fall veto session ended in the wee hours of Halloween morning, which was apt when you consider the horrors that were unleashed on the taxpayers of Illinois during those…

On March 19, 1974, a referendum proposition “Shall a Regional Transportation Authority be created for Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will Counties, Illinois?” was presented to the voters of…

Having finished one of the weirdest sessions of the General Assembly that I’ve seen in my time there, it took some time to digest what we just endured. Now that…

It’s been a while since my last Reick Report, and I apologize. I suppose I could’ve handed the job of writing my Reick Reports to a Chatbot and hoped that…

I am writing this Reick Report during another beautiful day in Springfield. This week there will be many committee hearings as we get closer to the deadline to pass bills…

Last Friday marked the deadline for sending our bills to be drafted, and while some bills have come back and have been filed, nothing has yet been assigned to substantive…

Welcome to the first issue of my weekly newsletter, the Reick Report, for the 104th General Assembly. Over the coming session I hope to keep you informed about the workings…

In my last Reick Report, I wrote to you about the abbreviated and unproductive Veto Session that we endured in November that you paid for. There were no vetoes to…