More than 2,200 Cook County workers receive salaries over $100,000. For career county workers, that means pensions worth millions of dollars over the course of their retirements.
Wheeling village trustees have voted for a plan to use tax increment financing to build a bridge to a vacant piece of land.
One alderman with strong ties to the traditional taxicab industry has suggested raising fees on ridesharing to fill the growing budget gap.
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle shared an admission that the soda tax was always about revenue.
State Rep. Brandon Phelps' draw as a lobbyist obviously comes from his Statehouse connections and former role in the legislative process.
The city’s police department has gone over budget for overtime every year for the past six years, costing Chicago taxpayers $575 million in spending for overtime pay.
Is criminally charging the parents of a truant child an appropriate way to handle missing class?
Illinois ranks eighth in the nation for state and local excise and selective sales tax collections.
Twelve of the 29 Illinois cities with over 50,000 in population are losing residents.
A ProPublica report shows that since 2009, the rate of bankruptcy filings in black neighborhoods in the Northern District of Illinois has doubled.
Illinois households that moved out of state earned $19,600 more, on average, than those who moved in during the 2014-2015 tax year.