Good morning, Chicago. The Chicago Tribune’s 2024 Top Workplaces report is out. Nearly 160 companies made this year’s list, including a leading local pizza chain, a well-known electronics retailer and ...

CITY HALL HOO-HA: In an extraordinary rebuke to Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, even his allies joined in voting down his budget proposal — which included a $300 million property tax increase. The ...

SPRINGFIELD (WGEM) - Illinois House Republicans believe voters sent Democrats a message at the ballot box, it’s time to ...

"The number that we are throwing around mathematically is a 40% reduction of service to meet the budget hole in '27," Metra ...

Fourth-year public institutions announced freshman enrollment is growing, but the reports show the numbers are extremely different from 10 years ago.

Mayor Brandon Johnson has said he's willing to negotiate with the City Council on his proposed budget, but wouldn't commit to ...

More than 52,000 Illinois residents have been relieved of $72 million of medical debt under a state pilot program that ...

Illinois is at risk of getting in costly trouble with the federal government over its Tier 2 public employee retirement ...

The mayor and council members are now negotiating hikes to taxes and fees on alcohol, streaming services and garbage ...

The Medical Debt Relief Pilot Program launched on July 1 – the start of the state’s 2025 fiscal year. Since then, it has ...

Early childhood intervention advocates are calling on the state to increase funding by $60 million to better support children ...

More than $72 million worth of debt has been forgiven as part of the governor's plan to ultimately cancel $1 billion in ...