Students returned to their Chicago public schools on Aug. 18. The most recent test data available for Chicago students shows ...

When a Cook County business successfully appeals their property taxes, the county just shifts that burden to homeowners. This ...

Tax increment financing districts divert public property tax dollars with little oversight, letting cities keep special ...

The national Educational Choice for Children Act creates a federal tax-credit scholarship program for both public and private ...

Chicago’s municipal pension is one of the worst-funded pension systems in the nation despite sky-high taxes dedicated to ...

Illinois was just ranked last in the nation for financial transparency. The state’s chronic delays, audit failures and ...

Illinois General Assembly members filed 31,011 pages of amendments to bills in the last 24 hours of the 2025 regular session.

Chicago Public Schools has 275 buildings that are too empty. On average, over 1-in-3 school desks is empty. The Chicago ...

Less than 22% of voters approve of the Chicago Teachers Union. No surprise, considering the scandals and radical dogma pushed ...

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s extensive out-of-state travel raises questions about whether he’s prioritizing national ...

Illinois lost 218 businesses to other states in 2023, part of an acceleration to triple the rate of what losses were before ...

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker is burnishing his national image as a Democratic presidential candidate by inserting himself in ...