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

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

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

There are limits on gift giving to Illinois state lawmakers, but there are exceptions. Here’s where the state draws the line ...

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

Just 17% of the union’s spending in 2025 was on representing teachers. But it spent a record-breaking amount on politics and ...

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

A federal judge ruled Cook County is illegally settling minor property tax debts by seizing the full value of properties.

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

Illinois sales taxes on holiday purchases rank No. 8 in the U.S., but Chicago charges shoppers as much as 10.25% with plans ...

Chicago restaurant owner Robert Gomez is suing Chicago in federal court, claiming the city used race to end his lease on the ...

AAA estimates 5.7 million Illinoisans will travel this holiday season. Most will be driving, forced to pay the nation’s No. 2 ...