Nearly 2 million Illinoisans – or more than 1-in-7 – received Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits in July 2024 ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s 2025 budget proposes a nearly $1 billion deficit. High personnel and pension costs have ...

Chicago Public Schools third- through eighth-grade state test scores increased in 2024, with reading finally surpassing 2019 ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is banking on $300 million in new property taxes from residents in his latest budget. He and ...

Part of the idea is to have people in many different professions who are knowledgeable about the principles of ...

The statewide Illinois job market outpaced the national average. But 13 of 15 metro areas continued to have higher ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson delivered his 2025 budget Oct. 30, including a nearly $1 billion deficit, runaway spending and ...

A push to raise Illinois’ income tax may create the most extreme business income tax rate in the nation. “Millionaire tax” ...

Another Illinois town voted to pass a local grocery tax. See how much grocery shoppers in your community could lose if your ...

New Illinois public school test data shows reading and math proficiency rates for third- through eighth-grade students ...

Implementing the “millionaire” tax would give lawmakers the power to tax retirement income. Every state with a progressive ...

Illinois needs to spend $4.9 billion more annually to pay for pensions, but the “millionaire tax” would only raise an ...