The GOP's contentious budget bill narrowly passed in the House, faces dissent in the Senate and has drawn the ire of Elon ...

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 ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois’ latest budget misses the mark in several key areas, according to one independent nonprofit ...

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

The Illinois General Assembly passed a $55.2 billion dollar budget for 2026. It includes a boost for public schools, but not ...

Dig down about a mile or two in parts of the United States and you’ll start to see the remains of an ancient ocean. The ...

State lawmakers voted to end Illinois' 1% grocery tax, but here in Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson said he wants to extend the grocery tax into 2026, in attempt to help balance the budget.

At Illinois Public Media’s WILL, which serves central Illinois, public broadcasting cuts would mean a sharp reduction in ...

The Illinois General Assembly sent Chicago transit agencies closer to the fiscal cliff, adjourning without sending a funding ...

The school's flagship campus, which has the second largest number of international students of all public universities in the ...

The former head of the Department of Government Efficiency said the president's budget package was a "disgusting abomination." ...