As President Donald Trump’s tariffs roil the U.S. and global economies, lawmakers returned to Washington late Monday under new pressure to pass tax laws and raise the country’s borrowing limit to ...

A recent study found that Chicago renters are facing some of the steepest increases in the nation, but one central Illinois ...

The highest concentrations of undocumented immigrants in Midwest states are in cities with "sanctuary" policies.

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Orland Park Mayor Keith Pekau, seeking a third term, is being challenged by former trustee Jim Dodge in the April 1 election ...

The Yukon is easy to overlook because it’s overshadowed by the Metropolitan Correctional Center, the triangle-shaped ...

With a public transit doomsday looming, two very different ways of increasing state revenues have emerged as the Illinois ...

New construction property taxes only include the land value. When do you have to start paying the full amount?

Each Chicago taxpayer is on the hook for $40,600 in city debt today, the second most among major U.S. cities. Add in the debt ...

As the Chicago Teachers Union continues negotiating with the former employee it got elected mayor, expect the union to get ...

Ally Financial Inc. convinced an Illinois appeals court Thursday to reduce a $2.36 million tax bill that Chicago imposed on 2 ...

Reviving the urban core and rebuilding its share of the local property tax base hinges on new owners reinvesting in properties. But how quickly will they do it?