Small businesses create all Cook County jobs since 2020

By Bryce Hill

11/26/2025

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.

Here’s why buying an Illinois home can be hard

By LyLena Estabine, Jon Josko

11/25/2025

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

By Jerry Barmore

11/25/2025

Holiday shoppers are eager to spend this year. Illinois is overly eager to tax them.

Record Illinois Thanksgiving traffic paying record gas taxes

By Jerry Barmore

11/24/2025

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.

Illinois lawmakers again push disguised ‘retirement tax’

By Ravi Mishra

11/21/2025

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

By LyLena Estabine

11/21/2025

Families rely on single-family homes. Illinois must relax zoning laws and lower minimum lot sizes to make them more affordable statewide.

TAGS: affordable housing

Chicago Teachers Union radicalism is officially statewide

By Lilly Rossi

11/20/2025

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.

TAGS: CTU: Chicago Teachers Union, IFT: Illinois Federation of Teachers

5 ways to end Chicago’s stagnant growth

By Geoff Feinstein

11/19/2025

High taxes, red tape and fiscal mismanagement have stalled Chicago’s economy, but smart reform could get it growing again.

Illinois police pensions lock up local property taxes

By LyLena Estabine

11/18/2025

Across Illinois, police pensions are taking an ever-greater share of property tax dollars, leaving fewer resources for public safety.

Taxpayers pay $23.6M for Chicago Public Schools vacations

By Lilly Rossi

11/17/2025

Chicago Public Schools employees spent $23.6 million in tax dollars on lavish vacations at 5-star hotels and overseas trips. Much of it was without approval.

TAGS: CPS: Chicago Public Schools

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Small businesses create all Cook County jobs since 2020

Here’s why buying an Illinois home can be hard

Blacker Friday: Illinois shoppers face sales tax hit

Record Illinois Thanksgiving traffic paying record gas taxes

Illinois lawmakers again push disguised ‘retirement tax’

Illinois can’t afford to miss out on 10,000 extra homes

Chicago Teachers Union radicalism is officially statewide

5 ways to end Chicago’s stagnant growth

Illinois police pensions lock up local property taxes

Taxpayers pay $23.6M for Chicago Public Schools vacations

Chicago Forward 2026: A pro-growth plan to end city budget deficits

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