Illinois’ broken budgeting process allows legislators to hand taxpayer money to podcasting and production studios.

Amazon laid off 1,545 Illinois employees. That was most of 2,000 total layoffs across the state in January. Illinois started 2026 with over 2,000 mass layoffs in January, driven by Amazon closing over ...

Illinois must cut its error rate nearly in half to avoid penalties. Illinois’ high error rate administering food stamp benefits could cost the state over $700 million, according to a new report from ...

Roughly half of Illinois residents say they would leave the state if they could. That warning should be a wake-up call to state and local leaders.