Chicago is one of only two major cities — the other one is Fort Worth, Texas — without any term limits on its mayor or city council. Other big cities restrict the mayor to two four-year terms, and ...

Nearly 1-in-4 students were chronically absent in 2023 at New Trier High School. That dropped by 65% after reforms were ...

Chicago’s July 1 minimum wage increase is a reminder that while such moves are meant to help those most in need, they can ...

Illinois ranks near the bottom of the country in a report on state government financial transparency. The state was 46 th in ...

An outdated state law is meant to prevent injuries, which have significantly decreased, and prevents Illinois from benefiting from an industry worth billions of dollars.

Teacher contracts expire this year in at least 60 districts represented by the Illinois Federation of Teachers — run by CTU President Stacy Davis Gates. The militant demands and tactics of the Chicago ...

Licensed practical nurses and physician assistants remain held back by red tape, making it harder for them to work where they ...

Grace Hansen is a Marketing and Communications Intern at Illinois Policy Institute. She is a senior at Ave Maria University ...

Policy Intern at the Illinois Policy Institute. She is a rising senior at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, studying ...

The state finally passed legislation to comply with a 2023 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that the government may not keep surplus equity when property is sold for unpaid taxes. Illinois lawmakers finally ...