Atlas Sweets is a newcomer to Chicago’s summer farmers market and fair scene. For founders Vlad and Ellery Rikhlyuk, the ...

Illinois continues to be one of the slowest growing economies in the nation, ranking 46th in post-pandemic job recovery and ...

Illinois companies announced 444 mass layoffs in July. LSC Communications Transport in Bolingbrook, also known as Enru ...

Chicago had 44,840 licensed businesses operating in the city last year, fewer than any year in the past decade and 17% less ...

The Chicago Teachers Union has shirked its own rules for years, causing members to sue the union to release a required annual ...

Students returned to their Chicago public schools on Aug. 18. The most recent test data available for Chicago students shows ...

When a Cook County business successfully appeals their property taxes, the county just shifts that burden to homeowners. This ...

Tax increment financing districts divert public property tax dollars with little oversight, letting cities keep special ...

Benefit programs in Illinois punish people for hard work. An estimated 710,000 Illinoisans have intentionally held themselves ...

Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a law adding $11.1 billion in new liabilities to Chicago’s fire and police pensions, already the worst-funded in the nation. These “sweeteners” hurt retirement security more ...

Pragya Mishra is a senior data scientist at the Illinois Policy Institute on the Data and Operations team. She focuses on improving organizational productivity through data. In a previous role at ...