Is criminally charging the parents of a truant child an appropriate way to handle missing class?
Representatives in the Illinois House must decide whether to override Gov. Bruce Rauner’s veto of the government-worker union arbitration bill or to stand up for their tax-paying constituents.
Nonprofit organizations that receive taxpayer money advocate for higher taxes on the taxpayers who fund their operations and salaries.
A Springfield budget stalemate comes with embarrassing consequences for Illinois government.
The state is now nearly 60 days into its fiscal year with the only significant portion of its budget approved being for primary and secondary education.
As adults are migrating to states with better business climates, so too are new high school graduates.
Newly released IRS migration data reveal that high-income earners and prime working-age residents left Illinois in record numbers in 2011 and 2012.
The layoffs come amid a dismal manufacturing climate in the Land of Lincoln.
The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals determined that Springfield’s ban on panhandling unconstitutionally discriminated against certain kinds of speech.