Former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan was convicted of misusing his public office for his own power and profit. Not only ...

After going on strike 63 times in the previous 13 years, Illinois teachers unions gave families a break and didn’t walk out ...

Not a single 11th-grade student was proficient in reading or math in 2023-2024 at Douglass Academy High School. The near-empty school has the highest per-student spending in Chicago Public Schools.

I’m from the West Side of Chicago, the Austin area to be specific. There were lots of summer programs in my area and the one ...

Corruption in Illinois is on a weekly basis. The state averaged more than one corruption conviction per week from 1983-2023, ...

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan was convicted of using his office to run an illegal enterprise. Madigan was the ...

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 ...

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.

The Chicago Teachers Union rejected recommendations from a neutral factfinder. The union will be free to strike after the ...