Palos Park residents have a chance to save 1% on groceries starting in 2026, but the City Council is considering taking that ...

Voters have chosen the first 10 members of their elected Chicago Public Schools board. Amid a chaotic fall, here are answers ...

By 1980, financial mismanagement led Chicago Public Schools to lose its ability to borrow money, to miss multiple payrolls ...

Chicago Teachers Union allies were losing most Chicago School Board elections. CTU spent more than $1 million on its ...

Barrington Township became the first local government in Illinois to back changing the Illinois Constitution so public ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s 2025 budget proposes a nearly $1 billion deficit. High personnel and pension costs have ...

The “millionaire tax” was being OK’d by Illinois voters, with 62.4% voting “yes” on the advisory question about raising taxes on residents earning over $1 million a year to fund property tax relief.

Nearly 2 million Illinoisans – or more than 1-in-7 – received Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits in July 2024 ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is banking on $300 million in new property taxes from residents in his latest budget. He and ...

Implementing the “millionaire” tax would give lawmakers the power to tax retirement income. Every state with a progressive ...

Chicago Public Schools third- through eighth-grade state test scores increased in 2024, with reading finally surpassing 2019 ...

New Illinois public school test data shows reading and math proficiency rates for third- through eighth-grade students ...