Palos Park residents have a chance to save 1% on groceries starting in 2026, but the City Council is considering taking that ...

Voters have chosen the first 10 members of their elected Chicago Public Schools board. Amid a chaotic fall, here are answers ...

By 1980, financial mismanagement led Chicago Public Schools to lose its ability to borrow money, to miss multiple payrolls ...

Barrington Township became the first local government in Illinois to back changing the Illinois Constitution so public ...

Chicago Teachers Union allies were losing most Chicago School Board elections. CTU spent more than $1 million on its ...

The “millionaire tax” was being OK’d by Illinois voters, with 62.4% voting “yes” on the advisory question about raising taxes on residents earning over $1 million a year to fund property tax relief.

No Election Day noise. Just results for the issues close to home for Illinois' and Chicago's freedom-minded voters. The ...

Over 1 in 7 Illinoisans get food assistance Nearly 2 million Illinoisans – or more than 1-in-7 – received Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits in July 2024. One-quarter of county ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s 2025 budget proposes a nearly $1 billion deficit. High personnel and pension costs have Johnson breaking his campaign promise not to hike property taxes.

Chicago mayor, Chicago Teachers Union want ‘millionaire tax’ money Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is banking on $300 million in new property taxes from residents in his latest budget. He and ...

The budget for CPS in the current 2024-2025 school year shows $9.34 billion budgeted for debt, capital and operating funds. A recently released enrollment report by Chicago Public Schools shows ...