A $1.12 billion budget gap spurs Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson to circulate a menu of 26 tax hikes. Instead of making Chicago ...

Less than 22% of voters approve of the Chicago Teachers Union. No surprise, considering the scandals and radical dogma pushed ...

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker is burnishing his national image as a Democratic presidential candidate by inserting himself in ...

A new ranking of the best states to live in puts Illinois at No. 17. It could have scored much better, but the state economy ranked near the bottom of the nation. Quality of life ranked near the top.

As food costs soar, Mayor Brandon Johnson wants to keep hurting Chicago’s working families with a grocery tax. He faces a ...

Chicago homicides were at a decade low for the 12 months through June, but also down was the arrest rate from 42% to 27%.

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker is on the wrong side of public opinion, with new polling showing most voters view him unfavorably ...

Illinois has the nation’s worst public pension crisis. Nationwide analysis from the Equable Institute shows Illinois state ...

The Illinois Policy Institute’s Center for Poverty Solutions received national backing for a job co-op that will target ...

As Chicago faces a major deficit for fiscal year 2026, Mayor Brandon Johnson is considering resurrecting a failed idea that ...

June housing production in Illinois continues to lag the rest of the nation, leading to price problems across the state ...

A bill in Congress would hold the National Education Association accountable, forcing it to once more put students and ...