Wheeling Township voters will have a chance to weigh in on Illinois state lawmakers imposing unfunded mandates. After the ...

The first three years of elementary school are critical in building reading skills so a student succeeds in school and life.

Palatine Township voters will take up some of the state’s most urgent issues at the April 1 election, telling state lawmakers ...

Job growth was healthy across the nation in November with a gain of 227,000. Illinois’ metropolitan areas lost 3,400, with ...

Nearly 9 in 10 of the Illinois job losses announced in November resulted from businesses closing. Chicago led the state for layoffs, followed by Rockford. Illinois companies announced 1,176 mass ...

The total share of crimes attributed to gangs also declined steadily during the past two decades, dropping from 2.9% of all crimes in 2004 to 0.7%. A 30-year veteran of Chicago gun violence ...

Joel Hamernick After getting his start in the Cabrini Green public housing development, Joel Hamernick has spent 30 years working with gangs and neighborhood groups to prevent gun violence in ...

Southwest suburban Cook County voters to take up pension reform, key state issues Voters in Lemont Township are taking up the pension crisis, gerrymandering and unfunded mandates. The township ...

Illinois House Bill 5896 would require more detailed reporting of how Springfield spends taxpayer money. It improves transparency, which is a step toward fiscal restraint. Taxpayers may gain more ...