Small Business Saturday offers a reason to be extra thankful: businesses with fewer than 20 employees have been the only ones ...

They call it “inclusionary zoning,” but in reality the government mandate for a portion of developments to be “affordable” ...

A new Cook County state’s attorney inherits crime problems aggravated by her predecessor, Kim Foxx. Eileen O’Neill Burke ...

The American Federation of Teachers’ recent federal filing showed just 36% of the national union’s spending was on ...

Over 1 million Illinois families will put turkey on the table this Thanksgiving with the help of federal food assistance, ...

The Chicago Teachers Union is pushing to expand the 20 “sustainable community schools” in the district. But the model doesn’t ...

The Chicago Teachers Union wails about schools closing, but it is the union’s actions that have been solely responsible for ...

The Illinois Education Association is the largest statewide teachers union in Illinois. But less than 15% of its in spending ...

Chicago’s 2025 budget has a nearly $1 billion hole. Mayor Brandon Johnson has only proposed tax hikes. But when personnel ...

Public records show the Chicago Teachers Union and other union entities pay Stacy Davis Gates a very healthy salary. But ...

Nearly half of the Illinois job losses in October resulted from True Value Co. declaring bankruptcy. Chicago led the state ...

Chicago’s violent crime hit the second-highest level in the past five years. Aggravated assaults increased the most during ...