Illinois progressives want to reimagine capitalism and hand out free money with the tax dollars you worked for.

Lax rules, poor oversight let millions of taxpayer dollars be used for foreign travel – including safaris and camel rides – ...

Chicago avoided a city shutdown when Mayor Brandon Johnson accepted the alternative budget aldermen passed despite his wishes ...

The nation’s longest-serving legislative speaker, a state senator and a former Cook County commissioner were on Illinois’ too ...

Most property taxes go to local public schools. Illinoisans should know how well students read and perform math at school ...

Chicagoans pay extra to stream holiday movies on Netflix or Hulu because of the city’s 10.25% streaming tax. The cost was ...

Illinois local governments lost out on over $10.9 billion in income tax revenue since fiscal year 2012. Here’s what your city ...

Illinois parents can now leave their kids home alone at any age, but a state worker or judge could still label their decision ...

The owners of Kevin McCallister’s house from the “Home Alone” movie will pay nearly $52,000 in property taxes this year.

Chicago aldermen for the first time pushed through their own budget, rejecting the mayor’s effort to impose a job-killing ...

The information sector remains a bright spot in an otherwise challenging Illinois job market, but unemployment has pulled ...

A federal judge ruled Cook County is illegally settling minor property tax debts by seizing the full value of properties.