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

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

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 ...

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

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

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

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

Quincy, Illinois, may reduce parking minimums, allow duplexes and update zoning rules to reduce the housing shortage and improve affordability.

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

Former Gov. Pat Quinn claims a millionaire tax would offer Illinoisans property tax relief, but it won’t work without pension ...