Illinois’ public universities have lost 13,062 students during the past 20 years, but three gained. They lost state funding while the losers got more money.

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 ...

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

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 ...

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.

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

The bill is based on misinformation and bucks both national trends and public support for a federal program providing donated money to students. More than 167,000 Chicagoans lived on $21 or less a day ...

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

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