Illinois will impose the nation’s seventh-highest state and local tax burden on residents in 2025. Taxpayers on average will ...

Illinois is the only state to lose a school choice program rather than expand one. If we can turn that around at the federal ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson claims racism is behind his inability to lead and help the Black community. But his policies on crime, taxes, migrants, education and jobs are the real villains.

Illinois lawmakers can’t budget responsibly if they don’t know how much they have. Governors have a history of fudging the ...

By imposing costly delays, intrusive financial disclosures and pushing up demolition fees, the Northwest Side Preservation ...

Typical property tax bill increased 78% on a Cook County residence since 2007. Median property values only rose 7.3%. That ...

Student literacy is in trouble nationally. Illinois is one of 41 states where just 1 in 3 or fewer of its fourth-graders met ...

A city charter would put much-needed guardrails on the Chicago government. Here’s what needs to happen to get one.

Expansions to Medicaid because of the Affordable Care Act and COVID-19 have increased the program in Illinois as Congress ...

State politicians might eliminate the tipped minimum wage, putting tipped workers on the $15 per hour wage. But with higher ...

Chicagoans reported the highest number of aggravated batteries through February in the past five years, with Black residents ...

As the Chicago Teachers Union continues negotiating with the former employee it got elected mayor, expect the union to get ...