Chicago’s 2025 budget has a nearly $1 billion hole. Mayor Brandon Johnson has only proposed tax hikes. But when personnel ...

The Chicago Teachers Union wails about schools closing, but it is the union’s actions that have been solely responsible for ...

Chicago’s O’Hare Airport is one of the toughest for waiting in long lines, according to a study of the nation’s biggest ...

Public records show the Chicago Teachers Union and other union entities pay Stacy Davis Gates a very healthy salary. But ...

Florida state lawmakers began mandating science-based literacy education in the early 2000s. It improved reading proficiency among early grades and cemented Florida as a leader in early literacy ...

October job numbers for Illinois remained disappointing, with an unemployment rate that was third highest in the nation.

Chicago’s violent crime hit the second-highest level in the past five years. Aggravated assaults increased the most during ...

The Chicago Teachers Union spent $1.74 million on its endorsed school board candidates. But most of them were defeated, ...

Pekin and Normal have joined the list of local governments passing ordinances to replace the 1% statewide grocery tax when it ...

Illinois is at risk of getting in costly trouble with the federal government over its Tier 2 public employee retirement ...

Chicago faces financial meltdowns on three fronts: the city budget, Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Transit Authority. The CTA faces a $577 million deficit, but it can be fixed. Besides the ...