More than 1 million Illinois households will rely on federal food assistance for Thanksgiving. Eliminating the grocery tax could help those relying on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
Now that Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has passed his first budget, attention should be on the Chicago Public Schools. School leaders claim it will have a budget hole of over $600 million by 2025.
Of nearly 240,000 Chicagoans living on less than one-half of the federal poverty income level in 2022, nearly 101,000 of them were in households led by single mothers.
After serving more than half a century as a “fixture” on the Chicago City Council, former Ald. Edward Burke now faces 14 counts of federal corruption charges for allegedly abusing his finance chair position and aldermanic powers for personal gain.
More than 55 million people are traveling for Thanksgiving this year, according to AAA. Illinois motorists can avoid the nation’s second-highest gas taxes by filling up in other states.
“They claimed that they were going to come out and dialog with us about what they were going to do. But what happened is that they actually came out to tell us what they were going to do, rather than dialog to get our input."
Living on less than half of the federal poverty level is considered “deep poverty.” That describes 53% of impoverished Chicagoans.
When it comes to crime, 66% of Chicago voters disapprove of Mayor Brandon Johnson’s job performance, according to the newest Lincoln Poll. Just 25% of Democrats approve.
New polling shows Chicago voters mostly oppose Mayor Brandon Johnson’s plan for using tent cities to house asylum-seekers in the city.
This edition of The Policy Shop is by Mailee Smith, senior director of labor policy and staff attorney. The Illinois General Assembly has departed Springfield to go eat turkey. Most of them should be eating crow. On Nov. 9 they made Illinois the only state in the nation to roll back school choice. State lawmakers...
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson wants voters to raise the city’s tax on million-dollar property sales, which would include any sale on a restaurant such as Mr. Beef, the inspiration for the hit show “The Bear.”
New polling shows Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has a 28% approval rating – as low as one mayor after a national scandal and another who was about to get booted by voters.
Mass shootings are rampant in Chicago. Arrests for those shootings are almost nonexistent. Witness protection is the key to changing that.