Illinois’ hidden budgeting process let lawmakers hand out 2,815 grants, including $7 million to move the University of ...

Using taxpayer dollars intended to educate children, over 600 Chicago Public Schools staffers exploited lax rules to take ...

At least 49 tax hikes under Gov. J.B. Pritzker have driven state spending to record highs, even as Illinois’ economic growth ...

Whether your vice is drinking, tobacco, cannabis or gambling, Illinois is enjoying $3.47 billion from taxing it.

Illinois progressives want to reimagine capitalism and hand out free money with the tax dollars you worked for.

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Lax rules, poor oversight let millions of taxpayer dollars be used for foreign travel – including safaris and camel rides – ...

Most property taxes go to local public schools. Illinoisans should know how well students read and perform math at school districts compared to the cost. In Illinois, just over half of public school ...

The nation’s longest-serving legislative speaker, a state senator and a former Cook County commissioner were on Illinois’ too ...