The state’s data center boom is reshaping energy, water use and taxes. Here’s what residents should know about the costs, ...

Illinois voting data shows voters had no choice of candidate in nearly 9-in-10 Democratic and Republican primaries for state ...

A new bill in Springfield calls for a study of Illinois’ higher education system and a 10-year plan to make it more ...

The bill is based on misinformation and bucks both national trends and public support for a federal program providing donated ...

Illinois Policy Institute. He is a second-year undergraduate student at the University of Chicago, majoring in Political ...

Illinois lawmakers have introduced a bill that would prohibit Illinois students from receiving private funds for tutoring and ...

A measure in Springfield would expand permission to build accessory dwelling units to every municipality in the state.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s $56 billion budget proposal for 2027 relies in more than $700 million in new revenue. Gov. J.B. Pritzker ...

About 17% of Chicagoans lived below the poverty line in 2024, with more than a third of them surviving on less than $21 a day ...

Spending proposal features $1 billion in updated revenue assumptions, $589 million in tax and fee hikes and $139 million in ...

Illinois lawmakers diverted at least $74 million in one-time pandemic relief funds to select social programs and nonprofits.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is a national outlier in the power he has compared to mayors in other big cities.