One year into Johnson’s tenure, Chicago’s progressive vision is failing under real-world pressures. While the Democratic Party nationally seems eager to embrace these policies, the progressive agenda has failed in Chicago and even grown increasingly unpopular.

“Chicago has fewer workers and more unemployed residents than before Mayor Brandon Johnson took office in May 2023,” the Illinois Policy Institute noted in a report.

Mailee Smith, a mother and senior director of labor policy at the Illinois Policy Institute, joins ‘Fox & Friends.’

While Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker didn’t get selected to be Kamala Harris’ vice presidential candidate, he did get a primetime spot on the stage of the Democratic National Convention Tuesday.

This school year, Illinois will become just the fifth state in the nation to prohibit corporal punishment in all schools.

Police clashed with demonstrators outside a rail station on Madison Street about 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. Those detained are being brought to a police station at Belmont and Western where they are expected to be booked and released.

Members of the East Peoria City Council received an update on the city’s 2025 comprehensive plan.