Federal aid feeds over 1M Illinois families this Thanksgiving
Federal aid feeds over 1M Illinois families this Thanksgiving
Over 1 million Illinois families will put turkey on the table this Thanksgiving with the help of federal food assistance.
Final Thanksgiving with statewide grocery tax, but your town?
Final Thanksgiving with statewide grocery tax, but your town?
Illinois families are preparing their final Thanksgiving dinner with the state’s 1% grocery tax. But will your municipality bring the tax back starting Jan. 1?
Illinois House speaker gets $40M sports complex for alma mater
Illinois House speaker gets $40M sports complex for alma mater
Backroom deals produced lots of pork in the state budget, including a $40-million sports complex at the Illinois House speaker’s alma mater.
Small businesses create all Cook County jobs since 2020
Small businesses create all Cook County jobs since 2020
Chicagoans have even more to be thankful for on Small Business Saturday: small businesses created all Cook County’s net new jobs since the pandemic.
Small businesses create virtually all new Illinois jobs
Small businesses create virtually all new Illinois jobs
Small Business Saturday gives Illinoisans another reason to be thankful: these businesses have been the sole job creators since 2020.
Here’s why buying an Illinois home can be hard
Here’s why buying an Illinois home can be hard
Illinois home prices have jumped nearly 50% since 2018 while available housing hasn’t recovered since the pandemic, creating a housing shortage.
Blacker Friday: Illinois shoppers face sales tax hit
Blacker Friday: Illinois shoppers face sales tax hit
Holiday shoppers are eager to spend this year. Illinois is overly eager to tax them.
Illinois students could boost ACT scores with scholarships
Illinois students could boost ACT scores with scholarships
Federal scholarships could give low-income students access to ACT tutors and study materials to help them improve on the college exam.
Record Illinois Thanksgiving traffic paying record gas taxes
Record Illinois Thanksgiving traffic paying record gas taxes
Thanksgiving travel will set a record in Illinois and in the U.S. Illinois drivers will pay the nation’s second-highest gas taxes, thanks to Gov. J.B. Pritzker.
Feds demand Chicago Teachers Union release audits
Feds demand Chicago Teachers Union release audits
The Chicago Teachers Union's secrecy and potential financial shenanigans have drawn the attention of the U.S. Congress.
1-in-4 Illinois students absent in 2025
1-in-4 Illinois students absent in 2025
One-in-four Illinois public school students were chronically absent in the 2024-2025 school year. It is contributing to Illinois’ low academic proficiency.
Illinois lawmakers again push disguised ‘retirement tax’
Illinois lawmakers again push disguised ‘retirement tax’
Illinois voters soundly rejected a progressive state income tax because it was a path to tax retirees. That isn’t stopping state lawmakers from trying again.
Illinois can’t afford to miss out on 10,000 extra homes
Illinois can’t afford to miss out on 10,000 extra homes
Families rely on single-family homes. Illinois must relax zoning laws and lower minimum lot sizes to make them more affordable statewide.
Chicago Teachers Union radicalism is officially statewide
Chicago Teachers Union radicalism is officially statewide
Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates is bringing her militant agenda to 200 more school districts as president of the Illinois Federation of Teachers.