Gov. J.B. Pritzker vetoed just one bill out of nearly 400 in 2026. His rubber-stamp approach to leadership is costing ...

Illinois lost $35 billion in personal income from 2019 to 2023. Residents are fleeing to Florida, Texas, and elsewhere in the ...

Under Gov. Pritzker, Illinois private-sector job growth is bottom 5 in the US. High taxes and regulations are stalling our ...

SEIU Healthcare spends less than 20% of its budget on representing workers. Executive pay and political spending outweigh ...

Illinois food stamp enrollment fell in July to its lowest level in at least 13 years, a drop driven by new federal work ...

DaNae L. Estabine is a Policy Researcher at the Illinois Policy Institute. Recently, she graduated from Tsinghua University with a Masters in Global Affairs as a Schwarzman Scholar. Before that, she ...

College football athletes face state income taxes on NIL earnings. State tax structures impact players – and states like ...

Tyrone Murphy was born into the foster care system and had difficulties in school. Now a business owner, he has helped ...

While population growth is a basic measure of effective governance, tens of thousands of people have left Illinois under Gov.