Chicago has thousands of job vacancies that receive city funding, leaving taxpayers to pay for empty positions that spur massive overtime costs.

Illinois’ state tax competitiveness ranking dropped six spots – from 32nd to 38th in the past six years. That’s the worst in the Midwest.

Chicago Teachers Union members were encouraged to skip class to lobby state lawmakers during the veto session. Politics over ...

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s corruption conviction means capturing his likeness in a portrait would be tax ...

Stacy Davis Gates brought controversy, conflict to the Chicago Teachers Union. With her as their president, Illinois ...

Teachers unions threaten to strike, then use that leverage in secret negotiations. Parents, taxpayers don’t know the contract ...

New Illinois State Board of Education data shows low-income and minority public school students are struggling, scoring well ...

New taxes buy the Chicago Transit Authority some time, but state lawmakers failed fix anything that led to the crisis. Here ...

More than half of Illinois voters and one-third of Chicago voters said high taxes were their No. 1 concern. Despite that, ...

State lawmakers are rushing a first-in-the-world wealth tax on billionaires. They also want taxes on streaming services such ...

Illinois lawmakers passed a new plan to keep Chicago-area public transit running. The plan hikes sales taxes in the Chicago ...

Illinois’ latest tax scheme, a 4.95% “wealth tax” on unrealized gains for billionaires, risks violating the state ...