After going on strike 63 times in the previous 13 years, Illinois teachers unions gave families a break and didn’t walk out ...

I’m from the West Side of Chicago, the Austin area to be specific. There were lots of summer programs in my area and the one ...

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan was convicted of using his office to run an illegal enterprise. Madigan was the ...

Corruption in Illinois is on a weekly basis. The state averaged more than one corruption conviction per week from 1983-2023, ...

Illinois leaders have built a legacy of massive government spending deficits, extortionate taxes, marauding criminals and ...

Illinois companies announced 2,342 mass layoffs in January 2025, according to state reports. More than 9-in-10 job cuts ...

Almost 10,000 bills were filed in the 103rd Illinois General Assembly that just ended. Of those, only 44 calculated how much ...

Illinois’ five state-run retirement systems need $16.8 billion in funding for the coming fiscal year, but state lawmakers ...

When local governments must comply with a new state law, it often increases costs. Those costs are passed on to the taxpayer.

Two major programs that would help more than 200,000 Illinois children are currently moving in Washington, D.C. First, U.S. Senators just introduced the Educational Choice for Children Act, or ECCA.

Eric Allie is Spiderman. Shhhh!

The median home price in Illinois is almost 40% higher than it was at the start of the pandemic. The average rent in Chicago ...