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.
State Rep. Brandon Phelps' draw as a lobbyist obviously comes from his Statehouse connections and former role in the legislative process.
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.
A proposed increase in gas taxes to pay for state infrastructure spending would impose another burden on overtaxed Illinoisans.
The speaker is nationally unique in his ability to control politics and policy.
As Chicago faces a budget gap approaching $260 million, one alderman suggests more ticketing to close the shortfall.