COVID-19 dramatically altered how and where many employees work, a shift that could have a long-term negative effect on commercial real estate occupancy rates and, ultimately, on local…
SPRINGFIELD — Illinois residents should expect fewer road repairs, community programs and other local government-provided services and higher locally-imposed tax rates as officials…
SPRINGFIELD — A pair of researchers are suggesting the best way to reduce property taxes in Illinois is for the state to take over a greater share of funding for public schools and…
SPRINGFIELD — Education officials in Illinois say the state is making solid progress under its new evidence-based funding program in narrowing the wealth-based disparities among school…
SPRINGFIELD – A pair of measures aimed at addressing high property taxes in the state passed committee Tuesday, May 29, one day after being touted by Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker…
SPRINGFIELD — A task force formed to study ways to reduce property tax burden on Illinois residents is calling for consolidation of school districts and other local units of government…
In the heart of Illinois, the city of Peoria cut its workforce by almost one-fifth to pay its annual obligations for police and firefighter pensions. In northern Illinois, Waukegan…
Lake Forest Local students awarded prestigious Goldwater Scholarships Lake Forest College students Niam Abeysiriwardena, ’20 of Northbrook, Illinois, and Samuel Gascoigne, ’20 of…
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Daughter pleads guilty in McLean ...One person faces sentencing and another will go to trial for the ...
Man who defrauded Art Institute ...The former Chicago Art Institute payroll manager convicted of stealing more than ...
Notorious West Side Chicago drug ...“I know I ain’t going to be around forever. You dig what ...
