A new bill in Springfield calls for a study of Illinois’ higher education system and a 10-year plan to make it more ...

The bill is based on misinformation and bucks both national trends and public support for a federal program providing donated ...

About 17% of Chicagoans lived below the poverty line in 2024, with more than a third of them surviving on less than $21 a day ...

A measure in Springfield would expand permission to build accessory dwelling units to every municipality in the state.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s $56 billion budget proposal for 2027 relies in more than $700 million in new revenue. Gov. J.B. Pritzker ...

Spending proposal features $1 billion in updated revenue assumptions, $589 million in tax and fee hikes and $139 million in ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is a national outlier in the power he has compared to mayors in other big cities.

Illinois lawmakers diverted at least $74 million in one-time pandemic relief funds to select social programs and nonprofits.

Higher tax revenue paints a better picture for Illinois’ budget, but increases have been driven by strong national economy, ...

Illinois must cut its error rate nearly in half to avoid penalties. Illinois’ high error rate administering food stamp ...

The Idaho Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality of school choice tax credits. Yet Illinois continues to lag the ...

Roughly half of Illinois residents say they would leave the state if they could. That warning should be a wake-up call to ...