A Lombard housing project shows how smaller lots can lower costs, boost development and help Illinois address its housing ...

Chicago Public Schools employees spent $23.6 million in tax dollars on lavish vacations at 5-star hotels and overseas trips.

A barometer of business health shows Chicago is close to marking two years of decline. The city’s employment rate lags the ...

Across Illinois, police pensions are taking an ever-greater share of property tax dollars, leaving fewer resources for public safety.

In Lake County and across Illinois, fire pensions are driving up property taxes and leaving fewer resources for safety.

Restaurants and bars bid to be along Chicago’s Riverwalk, so why a proven business with a lucrative offer was booted is a mystery wrapped up in a secretive city panel.

Chicago-area sales taxes were already No. 2 in the U.S., but new taxing authority handed to the Regional Transportation ...

The transit rescue plan freezes fares, raises tolls, hikes sales taxes and diverts road funds – adding to taxpayers’ burdens.

More than 100 teachers left struggling students, cost taxpayers as much as $19,300 for Chicago Teachers Union “lobby day.” ...

The Illinois General Assembly just eliminated parking minimums for developments near transit hubs. That flexibility should ...

Union accounting shows just 36% of its spending was on representing teachers in 2025, while it spent more than $41 million on ...

An analysis of the 2024 elections showed only one independent made it onto the ballot out of 155 races for U.S. House, ...