Chicago Public Schools students thrive through academic rigor

By Lilly Rossi, Hannah Schmid

01/22/2026

Chicago Public Schools’ school choice experiment is working: students at the city’s selective enrollment schools are thriving.

TAGS: CPS: Chicago Public Schools, CTU: Chicago Teachers Union

Waste watch: Illinois grants $4M to private theaters

By Jack Knorr

01/21/2026

Illinois lawmakers gave money to venues for plays, concerts and weddings – without explaining why private concerns deserved public money.

APL Logistics, S&S Active both see mass layoffs

By Josh Bandoch, Jon Josko

01/16/2026

 A warehouse and supply chain company and clothing company gave the Chicago collar counties the bulk of Illinois’ mass layoffs in December.

7 things to know about Chicago Bears stadium debate

By LyLena Estabine

01/15/2026

Who owns Soldier Field? Why do taxpayers still owe millions? What would a move mean for Chicago’s budget? Answers about a potential Bears move.

4 ways to break out of Illinois’ pension trap

By LyLena Estabine

01/13/2026

Causes, costs, how to set the state free

Chicago gets lowest employment score since 2009

By Josh Bandoch

01/09/2026

Chicago’s worst employment climate score since 2009 drove a 25th month of business decline.

Fewer homes on market, higher prices for Illinois buyers

By LyLena Estabine

01/08/2026

Elevated prices thanks to low inventory continued to create problems for Illinois homebuyers in November.

TAGS: housing market, property taxes

Waste watch: Illinois gives $12M to NASCAR

By Geoff Feinstein

01/06/2026

Illinois’ opaque budget process handed $12 million to NASCAR. Fast and furious is no way to treat taxpayers’ money.

How Illinois has changed under Pritzker

By Dylan Sharkey

01/05/2026

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker is acting like the 2028 Democratic candidate for president. But what does Pritzker’s Illinois resume say about his leadership?

TAGS: JB Pritzker

Illinois local governments lose out on $10.9B in state taxes

By Patrick Andriesen

01/02/2026

Illinois local governments have been denied more than $10.9 billion in state income tax revenue since fiscal year 2012 because state lawmakers cut their share.

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Chicago Public Schools students thrive through academic rigor

Waste watch: Illinois grants $4M to private theaters

APL Logistics, S&S Active both see mass layoffs

7 things to know about Chicago Bears stadium debate

4 ways to break out of Illinois’ pension trap

Chicago gets lowest employment score since 2009

Fewer homes on market, higher prices for Illinois buyers

Waste watch: Illinois gives $12M to NASCAR

How Illinois has changed under Pritzker

Illinois local governments lose out on $10.9B in state taxes

7 things to know about public charter school laws in Illinois

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Process for unionizing non-state workers raises red flags

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