Illinois General Assembly this session, but only a small fraction passed both houses. Of those, 86% were introduced by ...

Lawmakers quietly added a fund intended to comply with federal rules about pensions for newer state workers. If it works, ...

Illinois ranked No. 1 for what it spent per student on higher education in 2024, paying more than double the national average ...

Gov. J.B. Pritzker had the power to strike $237 million in pork-barrel projects that benefit only Democratic lawmakers’ ...

At least 52 school districts represented by the Illinois Federation of Teachers – the parent union and chief ally of the Chicago Teachers Union – are up for contract negotiations this year. CTU’s ...

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan was sentenced to 7.5 years in prison but his allies now run the Illinois House ...

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s sentencing to 7.5 years for bribery, conspiracy and wire fraud ends his ...

Think former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s influence ended when he resigned or was convicted of bribery? Maybe not ...

Illinois companies announced 1,477 mass layoffs during May. The highest concentration of cuts impacted Champaign after one of ...

This legislative session members of the Illinois General Assembly passed a bill to make it easier to sue out-of-state ...

Republican Illinois Senate members are suing their Democratic peers over the last-minute rush to OK a $55 billion state ...

Over 200 Illinois towns have opted to charge a 1% grocery tax. Chicago is likely to follow. Local leaders have until October ...