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.
IFT represents educators in more than 200 districts across Illinois. But teachers’ zip codes dictate how much support they actually get from the union.
Illinois drivers have only a short window to comment on a $26.5 billion capital plan that includes the largest passenger tollway hike in state history.
Many public schools in Illinois charge for things such as textbooks and field trips. The Federal Scholarship Tax Credit program could help Illinois families with those costs.
Federal changes in work requirements have played a role.