As Chicago faces a major deficit for fiscal year 2026, Mayor Brandon Johnson is considering resurrecting a failed idea that punishes job creation: the corporate head tax.

The Illinois Policy Institute’s Center for Poverty Solutions received national backing for a job co-op that will target ...

Eddie Kornegay, Ph.D., is the executive director of the Center for Poverty Solutions at the Illinois Policy Institute. He ...

Chicago homicides were at a decade low for the 12 months through June, but also down was the arrest rate from 42% to 27%.

There is one time a year for most public education employees to opt out of their teachers union. That time is now. Here’s why ...

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The North Carolina state legislature became the first in the U.S. to approve a bill joining the Educational Choice for Children Act. Illinois owes the same to its children after taking away ...

Chicago’s high commercial property taxes hurt both businesses and homeowners. The result is less business, fewer jobs and ...

The Illinois Senate attempted to pass a “rescue package” for Chicago area mass transit that would punish suburban homeowners ...

About 2-in-5 Illinois elementary students can read at grade level, so there is a lot of room for improvement. Five new bills ...