The $55.1 billion state spending plan signed into law Monday by Pritzker marked one of the toughest budget seasons of his ...

Taxes are going up for cell phones, tobacco and vaping products, sports betting, bed and breakfasts and more with the new ...

Hannah Feuer joined the Forward as a general assignment reporter in May 2025 after two years as a culture reporter at Seven Days, an independent weekly in Burlington, Vermont. Originally from the ...

CPS' 1,200 Safe Passage workers monitor the streets to keep students safe. They could face cuts as CPS confronts a $529 ...

Washington teens teaching kids about money say financial lessons should start earlier, especially as debt and TikTok advice ...