Union accounting shows just 36% of its spending was on representing teachers in 2025, while it spent more than $41 million on ...

Chicago Public Schools’ low-income and minority students recorded lower proficiency rates than the state average. They are ...

Chicago-area sales taxes were already No. 2 in the U.S., but new taxing authority handed to the Regional Transportation ...

The transit rescue plan freezes fares, raises tolls, hikes sales taxes and diverts road funds – adding to taxpayers’ burdens.

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker made it harder for Illinoisans to sue the state but just made it easier for outsiders to sue businesses here.

A major library supplier formerly employing 1,500 will cease operations at the end of the year, laying off 318 workers in ...

An analysis of the 2024 elections showed only one independent made it onto the ballot out of 155 races for U.S. House, ...

Chicago Teachers Union members were encouraged to skip class to lobby state lawmakers during the veto session. Politics over ...

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s corruption conviction means capturing his likeness in a portrait would be tax ...

New Illinois State Board of Education data shows low-income and minority public school students are struggling, scoring well ...

New taxes buy the Chicago Transit Authority some time, but state lawmakers failed fix anything that led to the crisis. Here ...

Stacy Davis Gates brought controversy, conflict to the Chicago Teachers Union. With her as their president, Illinois ...