1. “Environment and culture” spending, which encompasses the Illinois Art Council and Department of Natural Resources, grew ...
A system with fewer fare evaders tends to be safer and cleaner. Upon installing the higher gates, San Francisco saw an ...
By freezing property values in a specific area, TIF districts artificially manipulate who pays the levy, leading to effective ...
Mayor Brandon Johnson’s ‘Cut the Tape’ initiative has made real gains for housing in its second year. Still, the hardest ...
The Chicago Teachers Union is being scrutinized in court after failing to release years of financial audits. CTU’s leaders ...
The Illinois House of Representatives’ Labor and Commerce Committee unanimously passed HB4882, the Future of Work Act of 2026 ...
A measure in the General Assembly would permit cosmetology and barber apprenticeships as a pathway to a license.
Publicly funded stadium agreements can involve questionable incentives for politicians. The megaprojects bill in Illinois ...
State unemployment insurance could withstand less than three months in an economic downturn. The taxes that support the fund ...
Claypool has called for Illinois to ban teacher strikes, noting in a LinkedIn post the detriment walkouts bring to parents ...
The measure would prohibit most student cell phone use in class. Illinois is one of only nine states with no state law ...
Adopting a state spending cap could help combat a mounting fiscal crisis. Illinois faces massive projected deficits, threatening the state’s ...