A new Illinois law has allowed the Pritzker administration to address the state's current budget deficit by decoupling from ...

Wauconda D118 includes Cotton Creek School, Robert Crown School, Wauconda Grade School, Matthews Middle School, Wauconda Middle School and Wauconda High School.

In the past 15 years, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency has faced major budget cuts and a 21% decline in staffing.

Illinois sports betting operators are already paying higher state taxes, but Chicago’s revised budget keeps a city tax on the ...

Bettors won't be starved for choice, but climbing tax rates threaten the gaming climate and reputation of state and local ...

Federal policy changes like grant terminations and increased barriers for international students have the potential to throw ...

In recent years, a handful of deep-blue states have aggressively tried to offer “free” health care to those in the country ...

Chicago avoided a city shutdown when Mayor Brandon Johnson accepted the alternative budget aldermen passed despite his wishes ...

Chicago aldermen for the first time pushed through their own budget, rejecting the mayor’s effort to impose a job-killing ...

As Chicago officials aim to replace lost revenue from the state of Illinois’ repealed grocery tax, producers and industry ...

State lawmakers and local leaders avoided taxes and cut regulations in 2025 to improve the state’s business climate, reduce costs and signal that job creators matter. The progress was welcomed ...

The Council balks at Mayor Brandon Johnson's budget and approves its own. But will either plan fix the situation?