J.B. Pritzker wants a third term as Illinois governor, but based on his history of boosting taxes and creating spending ...

Climate change education, gender inclusiveness, birth certificates, prostitution privacy, court translators and insulin costs ...

The average retired career state employee in Illinois was paid $93,558 in pension benefits last year. That’s $24,538 more ...

Illinois students are not learning, but instead of boosting the quality of education state leaders are trying to lower ...

Charter school contracts can be renewed for up to 10 years, but the Chicago Teachers Union has been pressuring for as few as ...

Illinois General Assembly members raced the clock to pass legislation. Of the 416 bills sent to Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s desk ...

For most bills filed in Springfield, taxpayers will have to guess at how much more will be demanded of them. Illinois General ...

Government unions already hold tremendous power over taxpayers in Illinois. Three bills heading to Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s desk ...

Illinois General Assembly this session, but only a small fraction passed both houses. Of those, 86% were introduced by ...

Gov. J.B. Pritzker had the power to strike $237 million in pork-barrel projects that benefit only Democratic lawmakers’ ...

Lawmakers quietly added a fund intended to comply with federal rules about pensions for newer state workers. If it works, ...

Illinois is No. 1 in the nation for property taxes, an uncomfortable reality for Rantoul homeowner Yohna Hornbuckle. His ...