Illinois Federation of Teachers President Dan Montgomery won’t be seeking reelection, and three other executive board members ...

Illinoisans paid the highest state and local taxes for wireless cell phone services in the nation in 2024 – $136 per family more than the average. An increase in Illinois’ telecommunication tax July 1 ...

Money that could help address the teacher shortage is often the first to get cut in pursuit of keeping up with government ...

Out of almost 7,000 bills filed, the Illinois General Assembly passed a little over 400. Some were good. Some were bad. Here ...

A violent Independence Day weekend has Chicagoans worried about violent crime, but it was a spike and not a trend. Crime is ...

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker is running for a third term in 2026. In two-thirds of the states, term-limit laws would prevent ...

State data shows 31,937 members of Illinois’ five pension systems collected $100,000 a year or more in retirement benefits ...

Joining the multi-state Nurse Licensure Compact offers a solution to Illinois’ growing nurse shortage, but certain special ...

Iowa just cut cosmetology and barber training red tape, allowing students to learn on the job, get paid and finish debt free.

What pressing issues did the Illinois General Assembly consider among 6,745 bills this past session? They pondered a sticker ...

As Illinois faces high unemployment, a persistent skills gap and thousands of at-risk youth, Rockford delivers opportunity ...

While 47 states celebrate freedom with fireworks blazing across the sky, Illinois clings to a 1942 ban that limits autonomy ...