Illinois’ broken budgeting process allowed state lawmakers to spend $2.6 million on tennis and pickleball courts.

Illinois’ strong colleges and workforce training help reduce unemployment and close skill gaps, ranking No. 1 in the Midwest and No. 3 nationally.

Illinois joined a nationwide economic wave as U.S. real gross domestic product expanded 4.4% in Q3, a far cry from the 0.5% ...

Illinois lawmakers gave money to venues for plays, concerts and weddings – without explaining why private concerns deserved public money.

Chicago Teachers Union leaders fought members, a Congressional inquiry and a potential U.S. Department of Labor investigation ...

Former Gov. Pat Quinn claims a millionaire tax would offer Illinoisans property tax relief, but it won’t work without pension ...

Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates not only refuses to pay her Chicago utility bills, she refuses to pay city ...

A new federal program would provide donor funds to school children in Illinois. But the governor must allow it.

Chicago Public Schools’ school choice experiment is working: students at the city’s selective enrollment schools are thriving ...

Taxpayers usually get told what raise they will receive. They also get told what raises they will give: to state lawmakers, ...

Who owns Soldier Field? Why do taxpayers still owe millions? What would a move mean for Chicago’s budget? Answers about a ...

Since 2019, Illinois home prices have jumped nearly 50% and available houses are down nearly 50%. Blame property taxes and zoning.