The country is enjoying a food truck boom, but overbearing regulations threaten the industry. According to a new study, Chicago’s regulatory burden is among the worst.
States with a progressive income tax see greater income inequality, and have seen income inequality rise faster than states without a progressive income tax.
Madison and St. Clair counties both saw their populations decline from July 2016 to July 2017, thanks to outmigration – a problem the counties have been dealing with for years.
While Illinois outperformed the nation in terms of monthly employment growth for the first time since September 2017, Illinois payrolls have only increased half as fast as the rest of the nation in the past year.
Local voters struck down a 1 percent sales tax hike for the third time in seven years.
One Crystal Lake school district superintendent has become the latest public official to collect a salary nearing $200,000, following a vote by the district board.
Getting Illinois to grow again starts with getting those who remain to believe it’s possible. And even more, to believe it’s a state worth saving.
The Chicago-Naperville-Elgin metro area witnessed population decline over the year, as did nearly every other metro area in Illinois.
As outmigration fuels population decline throughout the state, Cook County saw the largest numeric population loss of any county in the nation.
The nonbinding referendum to merge DuPage County’s election commission with the clerk’s office won by more than 17,000 votes.
Decatur’s population is shrinking, but earnings for the city manager continue to grow.
“At two points in my life I was required to pay union dues to stay employed. “It’s been almost 25 years since I’ve been [retired from the police force]. My sense is the union is more political now. “My police union first started in the early ‘70s, late ‘60s. They came in with their organizing...