Cook County has three public pension funds: for general employees, forest preserve workers and Metropolitan Water Reclamation District employees. The data below covers the Cook County Employees’ ...

Americans for Prosperity Illinois Deputy State Director Brian Costin said 24 Illinois school districts and other taxing bodies credited consultants they hired with helping pass a combined projected ...

Former Illinois House Republican Leader Jim Durkin's endorsement of Democrat Gov. JB Pritzker echoes Kirk Dillard's 2007 turn in an Obama ad, and it raises the question of what Durkin gets in return.

Part of the Clean Slate Act took effect June 1, changing eligibility and waiting-period rules. The law also eliminated a drug-testing requirement for some people seeking to seal or expunge records, ...

Chicago cop gets 1-day suspension after viral video shows him pointing gun at street takeover, saying “I’ll light you up” – CWB Chicago ...

The closure comes as Gerresheimer works through a broader financial and operational restructuring.

"I guess you could try to convince yourself that the CTU’s erstwhile allies and every independently elected school board member have been co-opted by a cabal of evil billionaires. But it seems more ...

Illinois Leads Nation in Legislators With Two Last Names, Up From 2 to 14 in 20 Years – Prairie State Wire ...

Part of Illinois' $55.9 billion state budget includes a pause of a scheduled increase for the statewide gas tax. The Motor Fuel Tax was scheduled to increase by 1.3 cents on July 1, but the approved ...

About half of Constellation’s investment, or $2 billion, will be spent at the Byron, Braidwood, LaSalle and Quad Cities plants, according to a Constellation spokesman. Last year, Facebook founder Mark ...

Former Evanston/Skokie District 65 Superintendent Devon Horton pleads guilty to wire fraud, embezzlement and tax evasion – Evanston Roundtable ...

The 8 percent increase will add about $10 per month to the average Illinois homeowners insurance bill, the company told the Tribune Monday. Last year, State Farm hit Illinois homeowners with a 27.2 ...