The Chicago Teachers Union is encouraging students and staff to miss school for a political rally, which includes protests ...

The new Chicago Teachers Union contract grows an education model that is failing students while attacking parents’ ability to choose alternatives. All that, at a higher cost.

Illinois motorists should expect another motor fuel tax increase this summer when the gas tax jumps again. Illinoisans ...

When I was 17, I was in a gang. On the first day of my senior year, I got in a confrontation with a rival gang that started ...

Granny flats and basement dwellings could help with housing affordability, but Chicago’s outdated zoning rules make them ...

Illinois’ Tier 2 is a great retirement benefit for long-term state workers. But those who don’t spend their careers in ...

Just over 5% of the average state income tax return supports economic development and public safety, while almost 28% goes to ...

The truth is, I had always had a good educational upbringing, and a good family. But the allure of the streets just got me at ...

The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees’ questionable spending, as revealed in its own federal ...

Illinois’ inefficient spending on its transportation needs led the state to spend more as its roads got worse. But there is a solution if the state can minimize politics in the decision process and ...

A current union-negotiated contract with Illinois state government gives out-of-the-norm health benefits to government ...

Other cities unleashed small-scale housing. Chicago buried it in red tape. Now it’s hurting renters, seniors and working ...