Illinois is adding a 25-cent fee to all bets and 50-cent fee to high-volume sportsbooks such as DraftKings and FanDuel starting July 1. Illinoisans lost $1.12 billion in 2024, with $700 million of ...

Just in time for Independence Day travel, drivers will face Illinois’ latest gasoline tax hike. Gov. J.B. Pritzker has added ...

While 47 states celebrate freedom with fireworks blazing across the sky, Illinois clings to a 1942 ban that limits autonomy ...

Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a $55.2 billion budget propped up by five new tax hikes starting July 1. Gas, phone bills, tobacco, ...

J.B. Pritzker wants a third term as Illinois governor, but based on his history of boosting taxes and creating spending ...

Climate change education, gender inclusiveness, birth certificates, prostitution privacy, court translators and insulin costs ...

Illinois students are not learning, but instead of boosting the quality of education state leaders are trying to lower ...

Red-light cameras on Chicago’s South Side issued more than triple the number of tickets per intersection as on the North Side ...

Charter school contracts can be renewed for up to 10 years, but the Chicago Teachers Union has been pressuring for as few as ...

The average retired career state employee in Illinois was paid $93,558 in pension benefits last year. That’s $24,538 more ...

Illinois General Assembly members raced the clock to pass legislation. Of the 416 bills sent to Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s desk ...

Illinois General Assembly this session, but only a small fraction passed both houses. Of those, 86% were introduced by ...