A new bill would repeal an outdated Illinois business tax. The franchise tax is tough to calculate, most businesses don’t owe it and it generates little revenue in a state that already hits businesses ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson asked to borrow $830 million one day after the city’s credit rating dipping to near-junk status. He ...

Illinois and other states with sanctuary cities saw large influxes of international migrants in recent years. But historical ...

Illinoisans pay the second-highest gas taxes in the nation at more than $0.84 per gallon. Only California charges its drivers ...

Pension experts projected state lawmakers’ plans to drastically expand benefits for newer employees would add $60 billion to ...

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker invoked a fairy tale about magic beans and a giant during his annual state of the state and ...

Gov. J.B. Pritzker said raising taxes or hiking pension benefits are not first choices for in his fiscal year 2026 budget.

Rockford recently made headlines as the nation’s hottest housing market, but the real story is low supply is driving up ...

The Illinois Constitution currently requires income taxes to be imposed at a single, flat rate. A new bill filed in the ...

Not a single 11th-grade student was proficient in reading or math in 2023-2024 at Douglass Academy High School. The ...

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s favorability is at exactly 50% ahead of his annual budget address, a chance to win over the 46% ...

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