In another short-term revenue move, Illinois lawmakers July 1 turned to vape and other nicotine product tax hikes to allow ...

The Illinois General Assembly passed seven bills that expand the ability of professionals to work in Illinois. Lawmakers need ...

Chicago Teachers Union Vice President Jackson Potter said CTU needs to be more involved in other school districts. That means ...

Residential permits across Chicago remained low in 2024, and efforts to increase housing on existing lots have been put off.

The Chicago City Council will allow residential developments near public transit to build without imposing parking space ...

Congress just put work requirements in place for some receiving federal health care and food assistance benefits. What does ...

Illinois saw 1,782 mass layoffs in June. Two merged Chicago job search firms, Monster and CareerBuilder, is sending 390 ...

Although enrollment in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program declined marginally in April, nearly 2 million Illinoisans still depend on the federal food aid. Illinois’ food insecurity has yet ...

While Illinois families face one of the nation’s highest unemployment rates, the nation’s highest property taxes and the highest state and local tax burden, state lawmakers just gave themselves ...

Welfare programs are structured poorly and punish people for working to climb out of poverty. An estimated 710,000 Illinoisans have intentionally hurt their own economic advancement to keep welfare ...

Ellen is a Senior Fellow for the Institute, helping analyze state and local issues, with a particular interest in government reform in the City of Chicago. Ellen is a Senior Lecturer Emerita on ...