Despite objections from faculty, one university chancellor is pressing for a campus restructuring that includes curbing the tuition-heightening costs of administrative bloat.

TAGS: budget, higher education, taxes

Typical Chicago homeowner will face $174 more in taxes in 2018

By Chris Lentino

11/21/2017

Increases in several taxes mean a higher tax bill for taxpayers.

TAGS: budget, Chicago, Rahm Emanuel, taxes

Illinoisans’ no good, very bad year

By Austin Berg

11/16/2017

The biggest obstacle Illinoisans face in Springfield remains the same: an all-powerful House speaker, and members of both parties who are all too eager to kowtow.

TAGS: Bruce Rauner, budget, income tax, Mike Madigan

Illinois flunks new nationwide fiscal report card

By Vincent Caruso

11/15/2017

The Land of Lincoln received the lowest possible grade in budget forecasting and legacy costs.

TAGS: budget, credit rating, ILGA: Illinois General Assembly, pensions, transparency, unions

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The audacity of broke

Proposed bill would prohibit unfunded mandates, require revenue for all discretionary spending

Decatur passes budget out of balance by $3 million

CEO survey ranks Illinois’ business climate third-worst in the nation

Chicago earns an F in new fiscal report card

Palatine plans property tax hike as officials ponder other taxes, service cuts

Southern Illinois University chancellor urges administrative spending cuts

Typical Chicago homeowner will face $174 more in taxes in 2018

Illinoisans’ no good, very bad year

Illinois flunks new nationwide fiscal report card

Who Lives Below the Poverty Line in Illinois? Family Structure and Education Mark the Highest Risk

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Process for unionizing non-state workers raises red flags

CBS Chicago: Illinois’ highest-paid superintendent receives $400K per year to oversee 1,200 students