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Illinois Federation of Teachers President Dan Montgomery won’t be seeking reelection, and three other executive board members ...
Out of almost 7,000 bills filed, the Illinois General Assembly passed a little over 400. Some were good. Some were bad. Here ...
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 ...
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker is running for a third term in 2026. In two-thirds of the states, term-limit laws would prevent ...
A violent Independence Day weekend has Chicagoans worried about violent crime, but it was a spike and not a trend. Crime is ...
Joining the multi-state Nurse Licensure Compact offers a solution to Illinois’ growing nurse shortage, but certain special ...
State data shows 31,937 members of Illinois’ five pension systems collected $100,000 a year or more in retirement benefits ...
America’s founding unleashed the greatest leap forward in human history. From this leap, liberty and prosperity followed – ...
What pressing issues did the Illinois General Assembly consider among 6,745 bills this past session? They pondered a sticker ...
While 47 states celebrate freedom with fireworks blazing across the sky, Illinois clings to a 1942 ban that limits autonomy ...
Despite Illinois experiencing job growth in some sectors, it remains one of the states with the highest unemployment rates.