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

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

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson likes to parrot platitudes about taxing the rich to fix the city, CTA and Chicago Public ...

Illinois state lawmakers failed to advance bills that would have helped ease housing shortages and reduced costs. Legislators ...

Chicago’s speed cameras issued $90.9 million in tickets and fees to drivers in 2024, down $11.3 million from 2023. Mayor ...

Illinois will have spent over $2.5 billion on migrant care by the end of 2025. Costs have shattered projections and left ...

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

Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s record $55.2 billion budget relies on Illinoisans paying over $394 million in new or higher taxes on ...

State lawmakers built Illinois’ record $55.2 billion budget for 2026 on gimmicks, one-time fixes and piecemeal tax hikes.

The Chicago Teachers Union and its cronies destroyed Illinois’ only private school choice program. Now they are out to kill ...

Charlotte Rotkis is an Editorial Intern at the Illinois Policy Institute. She is a rising senior at the University of Arizona, where she is pursuing a degree in finance. Illinois’ comeback story ...