New data shows only six of 15 Illinois metropolitan areas added jobs in October as the state shed 2,400 jobs. Twelve metro ...
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s pensions are worth an estimated $3.8 million after only four years as a teacher and one term ...
Montgomery County notified some residents they will not be facing 1,400% property tax hikes as originally planned. The ...
High cigarette taxes give Illinoisans a financial reason to sneak in smokes from other states. Illinois is among the 10 ...
The Chicago Teachers Union is pushing to expand the 20 “sustainable community schools” in the district. But the model doesn’t ...
Over 1 million Illinois families will put turkey on the table this Thanksgiving with the help of federal food assistance, ...
Elk Grove Village Mayor Craig Johnson said state lawmakers need to step in and help fix public pensions. Pension debt is the ...
Small Business Saturday offers a reason to be extra thankful: businesses with fewer than 20 employees have been the only ones ...
The American Federation of Teachers’ recent federal filing showed just 36% of the national union’s spending was on ...
The Chicago Teachers Union wails about schools closing, but it is the union’s actions that have been solely responsible for ...
Chicago’s 2025 budget has a nearly $1 billion hole. Mayor Brandon Johnson has only proposed tax hikes. But when personnel ...
A new Cook County state’s attorney inherits crime problems aggravated by her predecessor, Kim Foxx. Eileen O’Neill Burke ...