In my last Reick Report I discussed the outline of House Bill 910, the so-called “Megaproject” bill. While all the Sturm und Drang over the bill focuses on the travails…

“You’re the Pride and Joy of Illinois;Chicago Bears, Bear Down!” So what was one to expect when our Pride and Joy bought Arlington Park racetrack in 2023 with no plan…

This is the third installment of a series relating to a proposal to install a 600Mw Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) on 52 acres on Behan Road in Nunda Township….

On July 4, 2025, the FY2025 Reconciliation Act was signed into federal law. Among its provisions, the law created a federally funded tax credit scholarship program for elementary and secondary…

In my last Reick Report I discussed recent “energy” legislation passed in the October veto session. I put “energy” in parentheses because the bill wasn’t about energy so much as…

President Joe Biden’s signature climate law, the inaptly named 2022 “Inflation Reduction Act,” provided tax credits and other incentives to help accelerate the transition to alternative sources of energy like…

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…