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 companies announced 1,722 mass layoffs in September, with restructuring at Capital One leading to the single largest ...

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

Similarly, the CTU Board of Trustees is to “procure each year, a reliable and adequate audit of the finances of the Union for ...

Harvey became the second city in 35 years to ask the state to step in under Illinois’ Financially Distressed City Law. It won ...

Transit reform can support Illinois riders and taxpayers. These seven principles outline a path to affordability, ...

Newly released data from state assessments show just half of Illinois public school students could read at grade level and ...

Chicago Public Schools students struggle in reading and math as just 2-in-5 read at grade level and about 1-in-4 do math ...

A bill that would increase Tier 2 pension benefits was passed out of Illinois House Executive Committee on Oct 30. Illinois lawmakers hike toll roads and sales taxes to fund Chicago-area transit ...

While Aurora sits near the top of the safety rankings, Chicago lands near the bottom undermining claims by Gov. J.B. Pritzker ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson describes the 2026 budget as “Protecting Chicago,” but his plan seems to do the opposite. Taxes ...