Illinois continues to be one of the slowest growing economies in the nation, ranking 46th in post-pandemic job recovery and ...

Chicago had 44,840 licensed businesses operating in the city last year, fewer than any year in the past decade and 17% less ...

Illinois companies announced 444 mass layoffs in July. LSC Communications Transport in Bolingbrook, also known as Enru ...

The Chicago Teachers Union has shirked its own rules for years, causing members to sue the union to release a required annual ...

Students returned to their Chicago public schools on Aug. 18. The most recent test data available for Chicago students shows ...

Tax increment financing districts divert public property tax dollars with little oversight, letting cities keep special ...

When a Cook County business successfully appeals their property taxes, the county just shifts that burden to homeowners. This ...

Chicago’s municipal pension is one of the worst-funded pension systems in the nation despite sky-high taxes dedicated to ...

The national Educational Choice for Children Act creates a federal tax-credit scholarship program for both public and private ...

Chicago Public Schools has 275 buildings that are too empty. On average, over 1-in-3 school desks is empty. The Chicago ...

Benefit programs in Illinois punish people for hard work. An estimated 710,000 Illinoisans have intentionally held themselves ...

Illinois lost 218 businesses to other states in 2023, part of an acceleration to triple the rate of what losses were before ...