To get part of $50 billion for a federal health program, Illinois promised to join nurse licensure and physician assistant ...

Illinois placed 38th nationally for social mobility. Its rank was pulled down by economic problems and corruption in its ...

Illinois state pensions have less money to pay retirees than any state according to Equable Institute. It’s the third year in a row for Illinois coming in last.

Illinois lawmakers propose a Tier 2 pension expansion that adds costly sweeteners, despite struggling to keep up with current ...

Violent crime in Chicago fell to more than a decade low in 2025. It dropped across 88% of the city’s neighborhoods as arrests ...

The Illinois Constitution stops politicians from imposing progressive taxation, which would give them power to progressively ...

Illinois toll rates are about to increase as a political favor to construction unions. That’s despite a $3 billion surplus in ...

Chicago’s Roseland community is solving crime and poverty through a formula developed by the Hope Center: mentors, jobs and a ...

All K-12 students in public, private, charter or homeschool programs are eligible for donated funds if they meet income ...

At least 28 states have already said they plan to opt into the Federal Scholarship Tax Credit program to let donors provide ...

Illinois’ broken budgeting process allowed state lawmakers to spend $2.6 million on tennis and pickleball courts.

Illinois’ rushed, closed-door budgeting process funded $700,000 in taxpayer dollars to a research group promoting ...