An analysis of the 2024 elections showed only one independent made it onto the ballot out of 155 races for U.S. House, ...

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s corruption conviction means capturing his likeness in a portrait would be tax ...

Chicago Teachers Union members were encouraged to skip class to lobby state lawmakers during the veto session. Politics over ...

Stacy Davis Gates brought controversy, conflict to the Chicago Teachers Union. With her as their president, Illinois ...

New Illinois State Board of Education data shows low-income and minority public school students are struggling, scoring well ...

Chicago has thousands of job vacancies that receive city funding, leaving taxpayers to pay for empty positions that spur massive overtime costs.

Teachers unions threaten to strike, then use that leverage in secret negotiations. Parents, taxpayers don’t know the contract ...

New taxes buy the Chicago Transit Authority some time, but state lawmakers failed fix anything that led to the crisis. Here ...

Illinois’ state tax competitiveness ranking dropped six spots – from 32nd to 38th in the past six years. That’s the worst in the Midwest.

More than half of Illinois voters and one-third of Chicago voters said high taxes were their No. 1 concern. Despite that, ...

State lawmakers are rushing a first-in-the-world wealth tax on billionaires. They also want taxes on streaming services such ...

Illinois’ latest tax scheme, a 4.95% “wealth tax” on unrealized gains for billionaires, risks violating the state ...