Illinoisans would pay a new bag tax under a proposed bill in Springfield. The tax would only deepen concerns that the state ...

Nearly 55% of Illinois voters support the state opting into the Federal Scholarship Tax Credit Program. But it’s up to Gov. J.B. Pritzker to opt Illinois into the program. More voters supported than ...

J.B. Pritzker made Illinois’ acute housing shortage a focus in his recent State of the State address, proposing to make ...

Supporters are branding the effort as a “millionaires tax.” Illinois voters have heard that promise before. In 2020 they ...

Illinois homebuyers face a tough reality: Rising prices are pushing once-affordable communities out of reach for many ...

The state’s data center boom is reshaping energy, water use and taxes. Here’s what residents should know about the costs, ...

A new bill in Springfield calls for a study of Illinois’ higher education system and a 10-year plan to make it more ...

The bill is based on misinformation and bucks both national trends and public support for a federal program providing donated ...

Illinois voting data shows voters had no choice of candidate in nearly 9-in-10 Democratic and Republican primaries for state and federal office in 2024.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is a national outlier in the power he has compared to mayors in other big cities.

About 17% of Chicagoans lived below the poverty line in 2024, with more than a third of them surviving on less than $21 a day ...