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

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

The Illinois Supreme Court has been asked to hear a lawsuit challenging where citizens can file constitutional challenges to ...

There are limits on gift giving to Illinois state lawmakers, but there are exceptions. Here’s where the state draws the line ...

Just 10 cents of every dollar the National Education Association spent in 2025 was on representing teachers. Politics and ...

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