The law lets private investors take people’s homes and equity over unpaid property taxes. Critics say Black homeowners are ...

More than 150 municipalities have passed ordinances that will let them continue to tax groceries after the state ends its grocery tax in January. The state now charges a 1% tax on groceries that is ...

As lawmakers move to end the program due to costs, some Latino lawmakers say they want to find a way to save it.

As new tariffs threaten to push up prices, Illinois’ punishing tax climate already is stretching many residents’ and ...

The proposed division would be charged with the administration of a paid family and medical leave insurance program under the ...

Chicago, proposed creating the Division of Paid Family and Medical Leave within the Illinois Department of Labor with Senate ...

A federal judge declared a mistrial Thursday afternoon in the bribery trial of Illinois state Sen Emil Jones III (D-Chicago), after jurors deadlocked on all three charges against him. Jones is ...

This latest, not entirely surprising detail on the notoriously high property taxes in Illinois ... state to explore ending the property tax system, which has been in place in its present form ...

The Illinois Department of Public Health confirmed Wednesday afternoon the first case of measles in the state. The measles diagnosis involving an adult in far southern Illinois was confirmed through ...

The Diversifying Higher Education Faculty in Illinois fellowship is meant to make Illinois professors look more like the state’s student body. It’s funded by the state and part of Illinois law.

CHICAGO — Health officials in Illinois have identified the state’s first measles case of 2025. On Wednesday, the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) announced the first confirmed ...