Illinois' current patchwork of sales tax exemptions, oftentimes carved out by special interests, makes for poor policy.

Departing Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel accelerated calls to boost Illinois’ gas tax to pay for local transportation projects.

A study by realtor.com ranks the Chicago region’s housing market slowest of 100 U.S. metro areas for 2019. That stat could be fixed, or made worse.

With the ratification of the 21st Amendment, 1933 marked the end of Prohibition in the United States. The Land of Lincoln, however, has continued to serve a cocktail of prohibitive regulations on alcoholic beverages.

Outgoing Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s administration is looking to make inroads on an increase in Illinois’ gas tax.

Pressured by police pension costs, Norridge trustees voted to hike the village’s property tax levy by more than 35 percent.

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is reportedly gunning for a transportation bill that could come with an increase in the gas tax.

Voters just north of Cook County scrap an unnecessary layer of local government and its six-figure commissioner.

Voters across seven Cook County townships strongly oppose a return of the sweetened beverage tax.