Welfare programs are structured poorly and punish people for working to climb out of poverty. An estimated 710,000 ...

While Illinois families face one of the nation’s highest unemployment rates, the nation’s highest property taxes and the highest state and local tax burden, state lawmakers just gave themselves ...

The Chicago City Council will allow residential developments near public transit to build without imposing parking space minimums, offering a major boost for affordability and the city’s housing ...

Illinois saw 1,782 mass layoffs in June. Two merged Chicago job search firms, Monster and CareerBuilder, is sending 390 ...

More Illinois suburbs are ditching red-light cameras. Drivers should celebrate after the devices have issued over $1.5 ...

Congress just put work requirements in place for some receiving federal health care and food assistance benefits. What does ...

Legalizing additional dwelling units across Chicago would expand housing options, support families and boost affordability ...

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 state lawmakers listened to teachers unions and killed school choice for over 15,000 low-income students in 2023. Now Congress has restored a scholarship program for needy kids, but Illinois ...

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