State lawmakers sent Gov. JB Pritzker a $55.2 billion budget on May 31 that raises $1 billion in new revenue and increases ...

The Trump administration’s freezing of $790 million in federal research funding for Northwestern University has left ...

CPS officials are proposing to “delay” hiring librarians, nurses and staff needed to reduce class sizes, vindicating warnings ...

With electric prices going up, advocates tried — and failed — to reform the energy sector - “Heading into the end of the legislative ...

Dr. Mark Dybul was an architect of PEPFAR, a program credited with saving 26 million lives. Now its future could be in ...

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration has seen its staff cut by more than a third, and it's facing deep budget ...

Swensen was the face of higher education’s embrace of private equity, illiquid investments held for the long term. His push beyond the traditional stocks and bonds portfolio was a major part of the ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - In its budget, the Ohio Senate wants to eliminate the state ban on corporations and labor unions making independent expenditures for or against political candidates. The budget would ...

Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been charged in the U.S. with trafficking immigrants into the country, nearly three months after the ...

The Republican budget bill the U.S. House approved includes a surprise for the 40 states that have expanded Medicaid: ...

Legislative leaders need to start enforcing earlier deadlines for giant issues like omnibus energy proposal so they can deal ...

MAYORAL INTRIGUE: Chicago Ald. Bill Conway’s splashy fundraiser Thursday has folks wondering if he might have other political ...