By Andrew Thomason | Illinois Statehouse News   SPRINGFIELD — Illinois taxpayer-subsidized health care for state retirees could end with legislation moving through the Illinois House. 

  By Dustin Hurst | Watchdog.org HELENA — While Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Tester and Republican U.S. House Rep. Denny Rehberg quibble over who’s the quintessential Montanan, both are getting loads of help from outside groups interested in their U.S. Senate race.

  By Gene Meyer | Kansas Reporter   TOPEKA — Kansas is moving closer to converting its $3 billion Medicaid program to a privately run managed-care plan.

By Dustin Hurst | Watchdog.org

HELENA — Secret Service members involved in a prostitution scandal would have been wise to read Montana GOP gubernatorial candidate Neil Livingstone’s book before visiting Colombia in early April.

By Kirsten Adshead | Wisconsin Reporter MADISON — Gov. Scott Walker and Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett sparred Monday over whether the current administration’s policies have benefited taxpayers — even as a financial expert says it’s too early to know the effects of tax changes.