Illinois families will pay the highest combined state and local tax burden in the nation this year on the median U.S. income.

The latest forecast from the Illinois General Assembly estimates Illinois will have $737 million to $1.2 billion less in ...

Illinois schools would be required to share curriculum materials with parents under a pair of bills in Springfield. State Rep ...

Newer state employees would get a $13 billion pension benefit boost if Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s fiscal year 2026 budget proposal ...

Illinois is dead last of the 50 states in its ability to handle a financial crisis. It couldn’t last a month. The rainy-day ...

House Bill 2827 would require all Illinois private schools to report personal information about students to local and state ...

Illinois continues to lose residents to other states. Another Illinoisan left every 9 minutes and 21 seconds from July 2023 ...

I’m a realtor and a real estate appraiser, so I’ve seen how property taxes is a big issue. In 2021, I was appointed to be a ...

Democrats in the Illinois Senate filed a bill to remove student academic growth data as a measure for teacher evaluations.

More than 600,000 Illinoisans will have a chance to send a message to state leaders on the most daunting issues, including ...

The Chicago Teachers Union entered a 30-day “cooling off” period following its rejection of a neutral fact-finder’s contract ...

Illinois has some of the highest property taxes in the country. Chapter 9 would allow local governments to address the root ...