With Chicago Public Schools facing a $529 million budget deficit, the teachers union president says Chicago needs to stand up ...

As the Trump administration’s illegal funding freeze triggers a nationwide cuts to public schools, the Democrats and union ...

Demographic shifts mean that Chicago’s increasingly diverse young workforce is financing the retirements of older generations ...

Ferguson, the Civic Federation president, criticized the legislative process that gives lawmakers and the public little time to review the budget’s contents.

Illinois’ latest budget misses the mark in several key areas, according to one independent nonprofit fiscal analyst. State lawmakers sent Gov. JB Pritzker a $55.2 billion budget on May 31 that ...

The leader of the Civic Federation, one of Chicago's top non-partisan government research groups, says Illinois' budget misses the mark in a few key areas. Illinois lawmakers are also watching ...

“It’s an incomplete budget,” Civic Federation President Joe Ferguson told Capitol News Illinois. “It does not add in any meaningful way to discuss any structural issues the state has.

THURSDAY’s ANSWER: Gov. JB Pritzker made the first large contribution to jumpstart the Better Government Association’s ...

Born in Aguascalientes, Mexico, Mr. Martinez came to Chicago with his family at the age of 5 in search of a better life. The oldest of 12 children, his CPS journey began as a student on Chicago’s west ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois’ latest budget misses the mark in several key areas, according to one independent nonprofit fiscal analyst. State lawmakers sent Gov. JB Pritzker a $55.2 billion ...

HE’s DOING IT: Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is set to announce on Thursday that he’ll seek a third term in 2026, leaving open ...

Chicago is home to the third-largest number of Fortune 500 companies among US cities and the mayor often cites data that puts the region at the top of rankings for corporate relocation and investment.