With $18.5 billion of the city’s $52.4 billion shortfall driven by interest on pension debt, it’s clear Illinois’ largest ...

It's been a year since Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson released his ‘Cut the Tape’ report to boost affordable housing and ...

Illinois students will struggle throughout their educations when 7 in 10 third-graders cannot read at grade level. Illinois ...

Chicago Public Schools teachers hired before 2017 only pay 2% of the required employee contribution for their pensions. The ...

Illinois’ top 50 state pensioners can expect an average lifetime payout of $8.47 million despite just $333,844 being ...

Reports that give Illinois pensions a rotten grade are not evidence government workers need better benefits. What they need ...

Deep-blue Illinois had President Biden to bail out the state’s and Chicago’s financial failings. Now city and state leaders ...

Illinois motorists should expect another motor fuel tax increase this summer when the gas tax jumps again. Illinoisans ...

Illinois’ inefficient spending on its transportation needs led the state to spend more as its roads got worse. But there is a ...

The Chicago Teachers Union is encouraging students and staff to miss school for a political rally, which includes protests ...

The new Chicago Teachers Union contract grows an education model that is failing students while attacking parents’ ability to ...

Granny flats and basement dwellings could help with housing affordability, but Chicago’s outdated zoning rules make them ...