Early voting starts Sept. 24 in Illinois, leading up to Election Day on Nov. 3. See the federal, state, and local offices on ...

Gov. JB Pritzker signed a new Illinois rideshare union law. Sectoral bargaining is likely impact prices for passengers.

Illinois has the 15th-lowest occupational licensing burden, but lags behind Missouri and Indiana. There are ways to boost the workforce.

Last year Chicago issued 529,529 tickets to drivers for traveling 6 to 10 mph over the speed limit, up from 424,754 in 2024.

Lawmakers filed over 10,000 bills in the 104th Illinois General Assembly, but fewer than half of 1% included fiscal notes.

Chicago's appointed corporation counsel answers to the mayor. An elected city attorney is needed to independently handle police settlements.

Almost 9,000 signatures from residents could put two binding referendum questions on the ballot to establish recall ...

Three years after Illinois ended cash bail, Cook County data shows an increase in new charges, even as overall crime drops nationwide.

New federal LM-2 reports reveal SEIU Illinois spent 72% of its 2025 budget on politics and less than 2% representing members.

Illinois’ top 50 public pensioners took in an average of $437,000 each last year. That’s roughly seven times the average ...

Since J.B. Pritzker became governor in 2019, Illinois’ unemployment rate has trended above the national average. The average rate in Illinois was 5.4% from January 2019, when Pritzker took office, to ...

Illinois workers saw real wages shrink 0.02% annually from 2018 to 2025, while state lawmakers took $34,000 in pay increases.