I hope you’ll join me.” A few months ago, I was with my family in Washington, D.C., standing in a dark room in the National ...

The number of homicides in Chicago fell to a more than 10-year low in the most recent recording year. The city saw 440 ...

Chicago’s July 1 minimum wage increase is a reminder that while such moves are meant to help those most in need, they can ...

Chicago is one of only two major cities — the other one is Fort Worth, Texas — without any term limits on its mayor or city ...

Illinois lawmakers got many amendments at the end of the legislative session. In the last nine days of the just-concluded ...

State leaders can take the lead of businesses and residents and work to lessen the burden of corruption and high taxes.

Nearly 1-in-4 students were chronically absent in 2023 at New Trier High School. That dropped by 65% after reforms were ...

Higher tax revenue paints a better picture for Illinois’ budget, but increases have been driven by strong national economy, rather than local policy. Despite criticism of the federal government, ...

Just 13.1% of workers in Illinois were union members in 2025. Thousands of government workers have rejected union membership. Union membership in Illinois was at a near-record low in 2025, according ...