Chicago might spend $32 million on the nation’s largest test of universal basic income. What happens after that year is one question, as is whether handing out cash will truly fix anything.

Pritzker’s progressive income tax amendment would hurt small, minority-owned businesses the most.

Illinois politicians have too often ignored the necessity of true pension reform and instead opted for tax hikes.

Illinois’ two major income tax hikes were major failures.

Illinoisans deserve a pothole-free future. But are they getting a bang for their gas tax buck? Or is Pritzker’s $45 billion “Rebuild Illinois” program just another vehicle to deliver special favors? A deep dive into the capital plan points toward the latter, showing at least $1.25 billion in pork-barrel projects.