Last year Chicago issued 529,529 tickets to drivers for traveling 6 to 10 mph over the speed limit, up from 424,754 in 2024.

Lawmakers filed over 10,000 bills in the 104th Illinois General Assembly, but fewer than half of 1% included fiscal notes.

New federal LM-2 reports reveal SEIU Illinois spent 72% of its 2025 budget on politics and less than 2% representing members.

Three years after Illinois ended cash bail, Cook County data shows an increase in new charges, even as overall crime drops nationwide.

Almost 9,000 signatures from residents could put two binding referendum questions on the ballot to establish recall ...

The Chicago Teachers Union has already spent $236,000 on eight 2026 school board candidates, following a record $4.2M in ...

Illinois’ top 50 public pensioners took in an average of $437,000 each last year. That’s roughly seven times the average ...

Since J.B. Pritzker became governor in 2019, Illinois’ unemployment rate has trended above the national average. The average rate in Illinois was 5.4% from January 2019, when Pritzker took office, to ...

Illinois workers saw real wages shrink 0.02% annually from 2018 to 2025, while state lawmakers took $34,000 in pay increases.

Homeowners in the suburb could soon have more freedom to renovate their homes without being forced to add parking spaces.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is seeking a second term, officially joining the growing field of candidates in the 2027 ...

Illinois home listings remain at only 38% of their pre-pandemic level. Local zoning reforms and property tax relief could solve the shortage.