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

Cook County leaders announced the second installment of property tax bills will be mailed by Nov. 14 with a Dec. 15 due date.

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

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

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

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

Illinois’ latest tax scheme, a 4.95% “wealth tax” on unrealized gains for billionaires, risks violating the state ...

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 ...

Teachers unions threaten to strike, then use that leverage in secret negotiations. Parents, taxpayers don’t know the contract ...

State lawmakers are rushing a first-in-the-world wealth tax on billionaires. They also want taxes on streaming services such ...

More than half of Illinois voters and one-third of Chicago voters said high taxes were their No. 1 concern. Despite that, ...