State leaders can take the lead of businesses and residents and work to lessen the burden of corruption and high taxes.

Illinois lawmakers got many amendments at the end of the legislative session. In the last nine days of the just-concluded ...

Chicago is one of only two major cities — the other one is Fort Worth, Texas — without any term limits on its mayor or city ...

Nearly 1-in-4 students were chronically absent in 2023 at New Trier High School. That dropped by 65% after reforms were ...

Chicago’s July 1 minimum wage increase is a reminder that while such moves are meant to help those most in need, they can ...

Illinois ranks near the bottom of the country in a report on state government financial transparency. The state was 46 th in ...

An outdated state law is meant to prevent injuries, which have significantly decreased, and prevents Illinois from benefiting from an industry worth billions of dollars.

Teacher contracts expire this year in at least 60 districts represented by the Illinois Federation of Teachers — run by CTU President Stacy Davis Gates. The militant demands and tactics of the Chicago ...

Licensed practical nurses and physician assistants remain held back by red tape, making it harder for them to work where they ...

Grace Hansen is a Marketing and Communications Intern at Illinois Policy Institute. She is a senior at Ave Maria University ...

Policy Intern at the Illinois Policy Institute. Having lived in Illinois his entire life, he cares deeply for the issues ...