Aldeman: The district has hired 2,000 teachers since 2018 and is paying them 16% more even as enrollment dropped by 38,000 ...

The city of Chicago is facing a massive budget shortfall of nearly one billion dollars for 2025. In an effort to limit the shortfall, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson told reporters "everything is on the ...

By 1980, financial mismanagement led Chicago Public Schools to lose its ability to borrow money, to miss multiple payrolls ...

Chicago has voted for its first ever elected school board, but as of 6am Wednesday three of the 10 districts had not yet been called. Why it matters: Chicago's school board oversees the fourth largest ...

In the final phase of his reassessment of all city property, the Cook County Assessor contends remote work and elevated interest rates have weakened some, but not all, of the vacancy-plagued downtown ...

A STUNNER: Donald Trump has won the presidency after Wisconsin gave him 10 electoral votes a few hours ago, defeating Kamala ...

From the rise of e-commerce to the demise of major big-box chains, suburban retail has had its challenges over the last decade. Here's a look at the comeback in one of the region's best-known retail ...

Former Democratic Party of Illinois campaign worker Alaina Hampton is expected to take the witness stand. Former Madigan ...

The next U.S. president could face a tax battle in 2025 over expiring tax breaks enacted by former President Donald Trump.

NFL trade deadline day didn’t disappoint. While the hot stove burned for weeks — headlined by deals for marquee players ...

Sports teams and bookmakers have been scrambling to expand sports wagering here ever since the U.S. Supreme Court lifted a federal ban on the wagers in 2018.

Thirty-one people ran to represent 10 districts in an election that morphed into a battle between Johnson’s allies at the ...