Chicago had 44,840 licensed businesses operating in the city last year, fewer than any year in the past decade and 17% less ...

The Chicago Teachers Union has shirked its own rules for years, causing members to sue the union to release a required annual ...

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 ...

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

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

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

Students in Illinois are steadily returning to class across Illinois’ 866 school districts and 3,835 schools. The state’s ...

Benefit programs in Illinois punish people for hard work. An estimated 710,000 Illinoisans have intentionally held themselves ...

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

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

Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a law adding $11.1 billion in new liabilities to Chicago’s fire and police pensions, already the worst-funded in the nation. These “sweeteners” hurt retirement security more ...