Preliminary enrollment data for the 2024-2025 school year show a less than 1% uptick in enrollment. The biggest increase is ...

Mississippi state lawmakers enacted science-based literacy legislation in 2013, laying the groundwork for improved reading ...

With 40 days until the election, Illinois residents can vote early at their local county clerks’ office. Vote-by-mail ballots ...

The Chicago Teachers Union is backing various candidates for Chicago Board of Education. CTU has donated more than $175,000 ...

This episode of The Policy Shop is by writer Patrick Andriesen Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s campaign pledge to end the ShotSpotter gunshot detection system has come to fruition. The city’s contract ...

Chicago led the state in mass layoffs, accounting for more than one-third of job cuts in August. The statewide data shows 93% ...

Student literacy is in trouble nationally, which is why Illinois is one of 35 states where just 1 in 3 – or fewer – of its fourth graders met reading standards in 2022. The Chicago Teachers ...

Illinois sales taxes 7th highest in U.S. Illinois’ combined state and average local sales tax is the seventh highest in the nation. It is the highest among the most populous states. 2 new ...

How do I register to vote in Illinois? Registering to vote in Illinois can be confusing. Here is what you need to know to make sure your voice is heard this Election Day. Illinois has made it ...

Chicagoans experienced 7.2% more violent crime between August 2023 and July 204, with cases of robbery, aggravated assault and aggravated battery at five-year highs. Chicago for the 12th year is ...

Gov. J.B. Pritzker recently OK’d four new laws that would expand the ability for professionals to practice in Illinois. While they are advancements, Illinois’ onerous occupational licensing ...