Illinois Federation of Teachers President Dan Montgomery won’t be seeking reelection, and three other executive board members ...

Illinoisans paid the highest state and local taxes for wireless cell phone services in the nation in 2024 – $136 per family more than the average. An increase in Illinois’ telecommunication tax July 1 ...

Money that could help address the teacher shortage is often the first to get cut in pursuit of keeping up with government ...

Out of almost 7,000 bills filed, the Illinois General Assembly passed a little over 400. Some were good. Some were bad. Here ...

A violent Independence Day weekend has Chicagoans worried about violent crime, but it was a spike and not a trend. Crime is ...

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker is running for a third term in 2026. In two-thirds of the states, term-limit laws would prevent ...

Iowa just cut cosmetology and barber training red tape, allowing students to learn on the job, get paid and finish debt free.

What pressing issues did the Illinois General Assembly consider among 6,745 bills this past session? They pondered a sticker ...

Happy Fourth of July? Nope. We should always call it Independence Day. It reminds us of what we celebrate and what it means.

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