Illinois has a remarkable entrepreneurial spirit, but too many of our businesses don’t stay. In the past several years, companies including Takeda, Caterpillar, Highland Ventures and Tyson have all ...

The vote is over on the Chicago Public Schools budget. It dodged some immediate problems, but the financial mess will continue. Taxpayers will feel the pain long into the future.

Last week, during hearings on the Chicago Public Schools 2026 budget, Alderperson Nicholas Sposato offered Chicago Public Schools Interim CEO/Superintendent Macquline King an apology: “Dr. King, I ...

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is doubling down on his message to President Donald Trump that the nation’s third-largest city doesn’t need or want military intervention to fight crime. He told ...

The veteran North Side congressman said he’ll decide whether to enter the 2027 mayor’s race after he sees how the public ...

No American city has a worse public pension problem than Chicago. It carries more pension debt than 43 U.S. states and is ...

Illinois’ pension debt remains a $144B drag, threatening both the state’s fiscal health and Gov. JB Pritzker’s national ...

Are pension plan payments taxed in Illinois? What about Social Security? Find out which forms of retirement income are taxed in the Prairie State.

“For 15 years I've been working on reporting on Illinois, on these problems, suggesting a lot of solutions ... on state policy issues and advocates for conservative solutions on pensions, taxes, ...

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker is defending his decision to sign a bill increasing pension payouts for Chicago police and firefighters.

The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating. Comptroller orders another extra pension payment Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza says she is ordering a third round of pension pre ...

Gov. JB Pritzker signed over 100 bills into Illinois law, tackling AI regulations, pensions, drinking water safety, health equity, and workplace protections.