Chicago Teachers Union demands ‘no work, no school’ May 1 shutdown. The union wants teachers and students to skip school for ...

Only about 17% of the possible primary elections in Illinois are contested this year, illustrating the importance of giving voters more choices. Illinois has 181 open state and federal seats this year ...

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

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

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

Chicago business activity expanded in February for the second straight month, according to the Chicago Business Barometer.

J.B. Pritzker made Illinois’ acute housing shortage a focus in his recent State of the State address, proposing to make ...

J.B. Pritzker’s tenure as governor suggests that his proposed record-high $56 billion budget for fiscal 2027 is likely to grow before it’s enacted. Since 2019, final budgets have averaged $939 million ...

The state’s data center boom is reshaping energy, water use and taxes. Here’s what residents should know about the costs, ...

Supporters are branding the effort as a “millionaires tax.” Illinois voters have heard that promise before. In 2020 they ...

A record share of Illinois university employees opt-out of pensions for a 401(k)-style plan, lawmakers should give other state employees the same flexibility.

Illinoisans would pay a new bag tax under a proposed bill in Springfield. The tax would only deepen concerns that the state ...