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

Just 17% of the union’s spending in 2025 was on representing teachers. But it spent a record-breaking amount on politics and ...

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

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

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

AAA estimates 5.7 million Illinoisans will travel this holiday season. Most will be driving, forced to pay the nation’s No. 2 ...

Illinois sales taxes on holiday purchases rank No. 8 in the U.S., but Chicago charges shoppers as much as 10.25% with plans ...

Chicago restaurant owner Robert Gomez is suing Chicago in federal court, claiming the city used race to end his lease on the ...

Project out of the Projects helps aspiring Chicago musicians, event producers find their way by mixing practical job skills, ...

Cook County homeowners face rising property taxes. Three-fourths of that money is going to police and fire pensions instead ...

Chicago-area transit riders deserve safe, reliable service. But the Regional Transportation Authority board might soon ask ...

The Chicago City Council rejected Mayor Brandon Johnson’s economically harmful tax proposals, but a report offers $1 billion ...