If the NIU Foundation is part of Northern Illinois University (NIU), then the school is breaking the law by not supplying information under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), the Edgar County Watchdogs (ECW) contend.

The DeKalb County Treasurer made another distribution of real estate taxes on Aug. 18, according to the chamber of commerce's website.

School’s out in the summertime. So when Harrisburg’s Mike and Angella Gauch decided they would drive to Springfield earlier this month, getting out of work wasn’t a concern.

A measure that would require homeowners in Chicago’s suburbs to pay off Chicago Public Schools’ $17 billion in debt is expected to go to Gov. Bruce Rauner’s desk for his signature later this month.

State bureaucrats will dictate how many teachers Illinois school districts must hire and how much to pay them if a school funding bill is signed into law this month.

Illinois ranks third in the nation in unfunded pension liability despite being saddled with some of the most stifling tax burdens in the country.

Mike “Mish” Shedlock, who runs the blog “MishTalk.com,” believes imposing more taxes on Illinoisans with the biggest pensions can solve the pension crisis.

A group of journalists got together at a Springfield forum recently to discuss the future of ... a group of journalists.

While state lawmakers ended a two-year budget impasse, the measures adopted by the Illinois Legislature will not fix the state's fiscal mess, an analyst who co-wrote a paper that places the state 49th in long-run solvency told the Sangamon Sun.

Gov. Bruce Rauner’s office has lost or terminated 21 staffers in the wake of the passage of a contentious budget plan and an unpopular tax hike on July 6, which many saw as a major political defeat for Rauner and many GOP lawmakers.

DeKalb County residents will pay an additional $26.35 million in state income taxes this year, according to an analysis by Local Government Information Services (LGIS).

Illinois’ economy will take decades to recover from the state’s current pension and workers’ compensation obligations, to say nothing of the debts continually being added because of a significant lack of reform, according to a blistering analysis from Chicago attorney Eugene Keefe.

Here are the 6 highest-paid employees of the Village of Hinckley, according to 2015 Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) records:

Here are the 6 highest-paid employees of Sycamore Township, according to 2015 Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) records:

Here are the 3 highest-paid employees of Sandwich Township, according to 2015 Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) records:

Here are the 3 former employees of the Village of Hinckley receiving the highest annual pension payouts, according to 2015 Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) records:

Here are the 1 highest-paid employees of Pierce Township, according to 2015 Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) records:

Here are the 4 former employees of Sycamore Township receiving the highest annual pension payouts, according to 2015 Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) records:

Here are the 1 highest-paid employees of Kingston Township, according to 2015 Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) records:

Here are the 1 former employees of Kingston Township receiving the highest annual pension payouts, according to 2015 Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) records: