Illinois leaders have built a legacy of massive government spending deficits, extortionate taxes, marauding criminals and ...

Illinois companies announced 2,342 mass layoffs in January 2025, according to state reports. More than 9-in-10 job cuts ...

Almost 10,000 bills were filed in the 103rd Illinois General Assembly that just ended. Of those, only 44 calculated how much ...

Lilly Rossi is an intern with the Illinois Policy Institute. She recently graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a bachelor’s in Political Science and Communications.

Illinois’ five state-run retirement systems need $16.8 billion in funding for the coming fiscal year, but state lawmakers ...

When local governments must comply with a new state law, it often increases costs. Those costs are passed on to the taxpayer.

Two major programs that would help more than 200,000 Illinois children are currently moving in Washington, D.C. First, U.S. Senators just introduced the Educational Choice for Children Act, or ECCA.

Eric Allie is Spiderman. Shhhh!

The median home price in Illinois is almost 40% higher than it was at the start of the pandemic. The average rent in Chicago ...

The Chicago Teachers Union rejected recommendations from a neutral factfinder. The union will be free to strike after the report is public for 30 days and the union gives 10 days’ notice of striking.

New data shows nine of 15 Illinois metropolitan areas added jobs in December as the state gained 8,800 jobs. Ten metro areas ...