Illinois students could be denied donor-funded scholarships for tutoring and other academic services because opponents are spreading misinformation about how the program works. Here are the facts about four of their fictions. Students in Illinois and across the country could soon benefit from scholarship funds to help them find a tutor, attend a different […]

States are pushing to consolidate elections into fewer election days. Aligning municipal with gubernatorial and federal elections streamlines voting and could increase voter turnout. The Illinois House Ethics and Elections Committee on Sept. 24 held a subject matter hearing on municipal election timing. And the hearing’s timing couldn’t be better. Illinois holds its […]

New taxes on Uber, automatic property tax hikes and higher liquor taxes are all being pushed as Chicago leaders seek to spend $1 billion more than they will have. Chicago is short by $1 billion what it wants to spend in its upcoming budget, so a city task force recommended new or higher taxes […]

Francisco Estrada-Deltaro was sentenced today in federal court in downtown Minneapolis. We’ve written about Estrada several times now. He’s that restaurateur whose Lake Street eatery was at the epicenter of a mini-riot back in June, when federal officers executed a court-approved search warrant of the place. The warrant related to one of the 900-lb. meth […]

Parents, as a general rule, always want the best for their children. Many parents are invested in their child and in their child’s educational success. They take warning signs of a substandard academic performance seriously. For example, a 2023 study coauthored by Gallup and Learning Heroes found that 97 percent of parents who know their […]