Students in Illinois are steadily returning to class across Illinois’ 866 school districts and 3,835 schools. The state’s ...

Chicago Public Schools has 275 buildings that are too empty. On average, over 1-in-3 school desks is empty. The Chicago ...

Chicago’s municipal pension is one of the worst-funded pension systems in the nation despite sky-high taxes dedicated to ...

With most property taxes going to local public schools, Illinois parents and taxpayers should know how well third- through ...

Pragya Mishra is a senior data scientist at the Illinois Policy Institute on the Data and Operations team. She focuses on improving organizational productivity through data. In a previous role at the ...

Illinois General Assembly members filed 31,011 pages of amendments to bills in the last 24 hours of the 2025 regular session.

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s extensive out-of-state travel raises questions about whether he’s prioritizing national exposure over challenges facing Illinois. During a 12-month stretch, he averaged ...

The national Educational Choice for Children Act creates a federal tax-credit scholarship program for both public and private ...

Across Illinois, homeowners are losing their homes and all their equity over minor tax debts, with private investors reaping ...

Illinois was just ranked last in the nation for financial transparency. The state’s chronic delays, audit failures and ...

Illinois public school teachers can opt out of union membership and stop paying dues in August. But union misinformation is ...

Despite leading the region in businesses applying to open, Illinois’ combative business climate results in few business ...