A sales tax increase for the Regional Transportation Authority, soon to replaced by the Northern Illinois Transit Authority, takes effect Aug. 1.
Educators can join thousands of their colleagues and opt out of union membership — and retain all benefits provided in their contract.
The issue was a priority for the governor. Here’s what you need to know.
The measure would prohibit most student cell phone use in class. Illinois is one of only eight states with no state law governing cell phone use in schools.
Not all of the nearly 3,100 bills introduced this year in Springfield aim at top voter concerns.
As teams in Chicago and elsewhere pursue new venues and entertainment districts, lawmakers face renewed questions about public financing.
Chicago will have one of the highest big-city rates in the country when the transit tax inches up Aug. 1.
The union embraces political spending tactics the Chicago Teachers Union uses in an effort to further its political goals.
You still have time to tell the Illinois Tollway board to reject the increases.
The state board of education approved a comprehensive plan to guide school districts on evidence-based math instruction.
Illinois wisely scrapped a proposal that could well have violated a 1988 state Supreme Court ruling.
The tax now has been challenged in court.
The proposed amendments would allow greater housing density, eliminate garage mandates and reduce approval hurdles for new developments.
IFT represents educators in more than 200 districts across Illinois. But teachers’ zip codes dictate how much support they actually get from the union.