Even after a 32 percent income tax hike, the Illinois General Assembly passed a state budget in 2017 that will generate an estimated $1.5 billion deficit in fiscal year 2018. That deficit is projected to grow to $2.15 billion in fiscal year 2019, according to the Governor’s Office of Management and Budget, or GOMB. The...

Under the guise of rehabilitating underserved communities, Chicago City Council approved another tax transfer to a private company.

After a punishing 2017, Illinoisans are in dire need of reform from Springfield.

Statewide use of slush funds ensures it’s Christmas every day for political leaders and their chosen developers.

Under the guise of rehabilitating underserved communities, City Hall preps another massive tax transfer to a private company.

Since 2006, Chicago Public Schools has been deprived of $2.5 billion in property tax revenue that has been diverted to Chicago TIF districts.

Lawmakers concerned with fairness within Illinois’ education system should eliminate discriminatory subsidies.

A decade-old, 18-story, taxpayer-funded hotel in the village of Lombard is headed for bankruptcy, proving to be a misguided investment of taxpayer dollars.

Senate Bill 1 is yet another unfair bailout of long-term mismanagement within Chicago Public Schools.