Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s 2025 budget proposes a nearly $1 billion deficit. High personnel and pension costs have ...

Nearly 2 million Illinoisans – or more than 1-in-7 – received Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits in July 2024 ...

Chicago Public Schools third- through eighth-grade state test scores increased in 2024, with reading finally surpassing 2019 ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is banking on $300 million in new property taxes from residents in his latest budget. He and ...

Part of the idea is to have people in many different professions who are knowledgeable about the principles of ...

Eric Allie is Spiderman. Shhhh!

Most other crimes are up sharply on CTA. So far this year, there have been 366 assaults on CTA buses, platforms, stops, trains and other property through Sept. 28, according to city data.There ...

The statewide Illinois job market outpaced the national average. But 13 of 15 metro areas continued to have higher ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson delivered his 2025 budget Oct. 30, including a nearly $1 billion deficit, runaway spending and ...

Argie Karafotias’ business is his American Dream come true. It survived the pandemic downturn thanks to strong community support. He was asked about the advisory question on the Nov. 5 ballot, which ...

New Illinois public school test data shows reading and math proficiency rates for third- through eighth-grade students ...