As Chicago faces a major deficit for fiscal year 2026, Mayor Brandon Johnson is considering resurrecting a failed idea that punishes job creation: the corporate head tax.

Chicago homicides were at a decade low for the 12 months through June, but also down was the arrest rate from 42% to 27%.

The Illinois Policy Institute’s Center for Poverty Solutions received national backing for a job co-op that will target ...

There is one time a year for most public education employees to opt out of their teachers union. That time is now. Here’s why ...

Eddie Kornegay, Ph.D., is the executive director of the Center for Poverty Solutions at the Illinois Policy Institute. He ...

Just 15% to 26% of Illinois teachers union spending was on representing teachers in 2024. But public education employees can ...

Illinois has the nation’s worst public pension crisis. Nationwide analysis from the Equable Institute shows Illinois state ...

About 2-in-5 Illinois elementary students can read at grade level, so there is a lot of room for improvement. Five new bills ...

A bill in Congress would hold the National Education Association accountable, forcing it to once more put students and ...

Despite record revenues, Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s 2026 budget hikes taxes by another $482 million. Illinoisans are paying 44% ...

Illinois’ latest drop in gross domestic product shows broader issues with the state. The state’s real GDP has been struggling ...

The Chicago Teachers Union’s refusal to close near-empty schools and push for more “sustainable community schools” is hurting ...