Fare evasion leads to lower revenue and higher crime. Two cities have found a way to fight it. With low demand and high crime ...

Adopting a state spending cap could help combat a mounting fiscal crisis. Illinois faces massive projected deficits, threatening the state’s ...

The Illinois House of Representatives’ Labor and Commerce Committee unanimously passed HB4882, the Future of Work Act of 2026 ...

Publicly funded stadium agreements can involve questionable incentives for politicians. The megaprojects bill in Illinois ...

Almost half of those in a new poll named taxes one of the city top-two issues. Concern about the economy is on the rise.

The Chicago Teachers Union is being scrutinized in court after failing to release years of financial audits. CTU’s leaders ...

State unemployment insurance could withstand less than three months in an economic downturn. The taxes that support the fund ...

Claypool has called for Illinois to ban teacher strikes, noting in a LinkedIn post the detriment walkouts bring to parents ...

The state’s housing inventory is at just 31% of pre-pandemic levels, driving up prices. Restrictive zoning and the nation’s ...

The measure would prohibit most student cell phone use in class. Illinois is one of only nine states with no state law ...

Outside Chicago, only a fourth of municipal property taxes collected this year for police and fire are going to services.

Illinois voters who were asked strongly support public and private school students in the state benefiting from donated money for scholarships.