Palos Park residents have a chance to save 1% on groceries starting in 2026, but the City Council is considering taking that ...

Voters have chosen the first 10 members of their elected Chicago Public Schools board. Amid a chaotic fall, here are answers ...

By 1980, financial mismanagement led Chicago Public Schools to lose its ability to borrow money, to miss multiple payrolls ...

Barrington Township became the first local government in Illinois to back changing the Illinois Constitution so public ...

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

Chicago Teachers Union allies were losing most Chicago School Board elections. CTU spent more than $1 million on its ...

Washington, D.C., and New York City have cracked down on fare evasion because it is linked to serious and violent crime. The ...

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

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

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

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

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