The Chicago Teachers Union’s leaders want teachers to keep parents in the dark if their child asks to go by a different name or pronouns in school. The school district is OK with that.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker recently OK’d four new laws that would expand the ability for professionals to practice in Illinois. While ...

Gov. J.B. Pritzker recently approved two laws intended to spur change in the way property taxes work in Illinois. They are ...

Illinois lags other states on approvals for new housing. It has one of the lowest rates for housing approvals in the United ...

The Quad Cities will experience a combined 319 job cuts after John Deere announced layoffs at both its World Headquarters in ...

Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates decried standardized testing. Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson said schools ...

Tiny hotel toiletries will soon be outlawed in Illinois. A new law will make Illinois hotels ditch small plastic bottles for ...

Updated budget forecasts show a $982 million shortfall for the upcoming 2025 budget as Chicago grapples with $223 million ...

Nearly 2 million Illinoisans – or nearly 1-in-6 state residents – received Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits ...

Chicagoans experienced 7.2% more violent crime between August 2023 and July 204, with cases of robbery, aggravated assault ...

Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s budget includes $250,000 for a group advocating for increased government spending and higher taxes. He ...

Illinois lawmakers changed the rules about placing candidates on the ballot in the middle of an election cycle. A judge said ...