Not only are city officials making Chicagoans pay more for services that aren't working, they are making them shoulder the highest tax burden in the state.
Nearly 70,000 Illinois children have incarcerated parents who will need to be able to support their families after serving their sentences.
Budget gridlock in Springfield caused the Illinois secretary of state’s office to suspend mailing vehicle-registration renewal reminders.
Due to new identity-theft- and fraud-prevention measures, some Illinois taxpayers will not receive tax refunds until after March 1.
The fiscal crises caused by the state’s government-worker pension liabilities.
Absurdly high property taxes demand bold reforms from Illinois lawmakers. New recommendations from a state task force show exactly what kind.
Taxpayers pay once for state politicians’ salaries and another 1.5 times for their bankrupt pension system. In 2017, taxpayers will contribute the equivalent of nearly $123,000 for each lawmaker just to keep the General Assembly Retirement System afloat.
The December Chicago purchasing managers’ index revealed weaknesses in the regional economy, including in the service sector.
Part 3 of Illinois’ broken workers’ compensation system: the major components of the 2011 reform
The sales-tax hike Cook County officials approved in July takes effect Jan. 1, 2016, just in time for end-of-season holiday shopping deals.
In 2015, Gov. Bruce Rauner signed into law bills restricting the transfer of juvenile offenders to adult court, establishing rules for the use of body cameras by police, and creating an expedited process in Cook County to resolve cases involving certain low-level offenses.
Cook County’s new 1 percent hotel tax will raise Chicago’s combined hotel tax to 17.4 percent in 2016.