Illinois high school students who went on to get a college degree made more money than their counterparts who only got a high school diploma. However, a degree does not erase the disparities in ...

If approved, the proposed one-and-a-half percent earned income tax would replace the 7.5 mill property tax voters narrowly approved in 2023.

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President Donald Trump made a host of campaign promises to include, in some form another, in Republicans’ “One Big Beautiful ...