Ahead of March Madness, some of the highest-earning college basketball players will pay less in state income tax than they ...

Employers reported 4,153 mass layoffs to the state last month, but the actual number will likely be closer to 2,300. More than 1,900 of the reported cuts resulted from the planned sale of Franciscan ...

Sluggish growth, continued outmigration and demographic challenges are projected to continue, according to Moody’s Analytics.

Counter to the governor’s claims, Illinois students’ scores on a national assessment have dropped despite more education spending.

The governor talks about more subsidies and more government involvement to promote his energy agenda, which includes supporting nuclear expansion.

The Chicago Teachers Union endorsed and financially backed candidates for federal, state and local elections in the March 17 primary.

The Chicago Teachers Union is demanding a day of “no work” and “no school” on May 1. It’s launching “what amounts to a ...

Illinois has 181 open state and federal seats this year, the vast majority of those in the state General Assembly. Of the 362 ...

The Cook County Board now has before it the opportunity to formally recommend that the state to opt in to the Federal ...

Legislators should use fiscal notes to show taxpayers the economic impact of their proposals. Illinois taxpayers should know ...

Gov. J.B. Pritzker wants to spend at least $250 million to target the state’s housing affordability crisis, and the money ...

Chicago homeowners have suffered in recent years. While property taxes did increase in some Cook County suburbs in 2024, city ...