Chicago Public Schools was already projecting annual budget deficits in excess of $500 million in coming years. The new ...

Many Illinois towns are rushing to extend the 1% grocery tax. See below if your town is one of them. The statewide tax ends ...

More than half of Illinois voters said high taxes were the No. 1 concern for the state, according to an Illinois Policy ...

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s budget proposal slashes general funds for economic development while relying on federal dollars ...

With $18.5 billion of the city’s $52.4 billion shortfall driven by interest on pension debt, it’s clear Illinois’ largest ...

Illinois students will struggle throughout their educations when 7 in 10 third-graders cannot read at grade level. Illinois ...

The Chicago Teachers Union election has two groups competing to lead one of the most militant unions in the nation. CTU has a ...

Chicago Public Schools teachers hired before 2017 only pay 2% of the required employee contribution for their pensions. The ...

Illinois’ top 50 state pensioners can expect an average lifetime payout of $8.47 million despite just $333,844 being ...

Reports that give Illinois pensions a rotten grade are not evidence government workers need better benefits. What they need ...

It's been a year since Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson released his ‘Cut the Tape’ report to boost affordable housing and ...

Deep-blue Illinois had President Biden to bail out the state’s and Chicago’s financial failings. Now city and state leaders ...