Former House Majority Leader Dick Armey (R-Texas) would say about budget negotiations that “the pain was inevitable but the suffering was optional.” Sometimes, though, the suffering is not optional.

When we discuss Florida’s political process, we’re quick to mention the elected officials who dominate the headlines. However, the truth is the legislative process in the nation’s third-largest state ...

After little more than four months in office, a group of freshman Waukegan aldermen — collaborating with a colleague elected to his second term May 1 — are trying to accelerate the legislative process ...