The Chicago Teachers Union is encouraging students and staff to miss school for a political rally, which includes protests ...

Deep-blue Illinois had President Biden to bail out the state’s and Chicago’s financial failings. Now city and state leaders ...

The new Chicago Teachers Union contract grows an education model that is failing students while attacking parents’ ability to ...

Granny flats and basement dwellings could help with housing affordability, but Chicago’s outdated zoning rules make them ...

Illinois motorists should expect another motor fuel tax increase this summer when the gas tax jumps again. Illinoisans ...

When I was 17, I was in a gang. On the first day of my senior year, I got in a confrontation with a rival gang that started ...

The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees’ questionable spending, as revealed in its own federal ...

Illinois’ Tier 2 is a great retirement benefit for long-term state workers. But those who don’t spend their careers in ...

The truth is, I had always had a good educational upbringing, and a good family. But the allure of the streets just got me at ...

A current union-negotiated contract with Illinois state government gives out-of-the-norm health benefits to government ...

Other cities unleashed small-scale housing. Chicago buried it in red tape. Now it’s hurting renters, seniors and working ...

Kane County voters sent a strong message by voting down a sales tax increase on April 1. They joined voters in several ...