Lax rules, poor oversight let millions of taxpayer dollars be used for foreign travel – including safaris and camel rides – ...

The nation’s longest-serving legislative speaker, a state senator and a former Cook County commissioner were on Illinois’ too ...

Chicago aldermen for the first time pushed through their own budget, rejecting the mayor’s effort to impose a job-killing ...

Chicago avoided a city shutdown when Mayor Brandon Johnson accepted the alternative budget aldermen passed despite his wishes ...

Illinois parents can now leave their kids home alone at any age, but a state worker or judge could still label their decision ...

Chicagoans pay extra to stream holiday movies on Netflix or Hulu because of the city’s 10.25% streaming tax. The cost was ...

The owners of Kevin McCallister’s house from the “Home Alone” movie will pay nearly $52,000 in property taxes this year.

Illinois local governments lost out on over $10.9 billion in income tax revenue since fiscal year 2012. Here’s what your city ...

Just 10 cents of every dollar the National Education Association spent in 2025 was on representing teachers. Politics and ...

The Illinois Supreme Court has been asked to hear a lawsuit challenging where citizens can file constitutional challenges to ...

The information sector remains a bright spot in an otherwise challenging Illinois job market, but unemployment has pulled ...