Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a $55.2 billion budget propped up by five new tax hikes starting July 1. Gas, phone bills, tobacco, ...

Just in time for Independence Day travel, drivers will face Illinois’ latest gasoline tax hike. Gov. J.B. Pritzker has added ...

While 47 states celebrate freedom with fireworks blazing across the sky, Illinois clings to a 1942 ban that limits autonomy ...

Rich Witzel is a legal research intern. He is a rising junior at Georgetown University, where he is a member of the men’s rowing team and pursuing a degree in foreign service, focusing on global ...

J.B. Pritzker wants a third term as Illinois governor, but based on his history of boosting taxes and creating spending ...

Red-light cameras on Chicago’s South Side issued more than triple the number of tickets per intersection as on the North Side ...

Climate change education, gender inclusiveness, birth certificates, prostitution privacy, court translators and insulin costs all received attention from the Illinois General Assembly. Laws ...

Illinois students are not learning, but instead of boosting the quality of education state leaders are trying to lower ...

The average retired career state employee in Illinois was paid $93,558 in pension benefits last year. That’s $24,538 more ...

Charter school contracts can be renewed for up to 10 years, but the Chicago Teachers Union has been pressuring for as few as ...