More than half of Illinois voters and one-third of Chicago voters said high taxes were their No. 1 concern. Despite that, ...

New taxes buy the Chicago Transit Authority some time, but state lawmakers failed fix anything that led to the crisis. Here ...

In Illinois, 99% of state bills passed by the Democratic supermajority become law with no objection by Gov. J.B. Pritzker.

State lawmakers are rushing a first-in-the-world wealth tax on billionaires. They also want taxes on streaming services such ...

Illinois lawmakers passed a new plan to keep Chicago-area public transit running. The plan hikes sales taxes in the Chicago ...

Illinois’ latest tax scheme, a 4.95% “wealth tax” on unrealized gains for billionaires, risks violating the state ...

Illinois companies announced 1,722 mass layoffs in September, with restructuring at Capital One leading to the single largest ...

Newly released data from state assessments show just half of Illinois public school students could read at grade level and ...

Chicago Public Schools students struggle in reading and math as just 2-in-5 read at grade level and about 1-in-4 do math ...

Diana Graham has served as the president of the Lotus Neighbors for Action block club in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood for ...

Lawmakers pass a bill to end the ban on large nuclear plants but include plans on expanding state control over energy.

Lawsuits are mounting from homeowners, investors and counties. Unless lawmakers act, taxpayers could pay millions in damages over Illinois' unconstitutional tax sale system.