What pressing issues did the Illinois General Assembly consider among 6,745 bills this past session? They pondered a sticker ...

State data shows 31,937 members of Illinois’ five pension systems collected $100,000 a year or more in retirement benefits ...

America’s founding unleashed the greatest leap forward in human history. From this leap, liberty and prosperity followed – ...

Just in time for Independence Day travel, drivers will face Illinois’ latest gasoline tax hike. Gov. J.B. Pritzker has added ...

J.B. Pritzker wants a third term as Illinois governor, but based on his history of boosting taxes and creating spending ...

Rich Witzel is a Legal Research Intern at the Illinois Policy Institute. He is a rising junior at Georgetown University where ...

Joining the multi-state Nurse Licensure Compact offers a solution to Illinois’ growing nurse shortage, but certain special ...

While 47 states celebrate freedom with fireworks blazing across the sky, Illinois clings to a 1942 ban that limits autonomy ...

Despite Illinois experiencing job growth in some sectors, it remains one of the states with the highest unemployment rates.

Jack Knorr is a policy research intern for the Illinois Policy Institute, working in the fiscal policy space alongside other members of the policy team. He will be a junior at the University of Notre ...

Climate change education, gender inclusiveness, birth certificates, prostitution privacy, court translators and insulin costs ...

Illinois students are not learning, but instead of boosting the quality of education state leaders are trying to lower ...