Chicago will vote to elect a new mayor in less than a month. One of the front-runner candidates, Brandon Johnson, is a political operative who is being backed by the socialist party United Working Families and his former employer — the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) — the most militant public-sector union in Illinois and a strong contender for the most powerful in the nation. CTU’s influence to push leftist agenda items is leaving students behind in its campaign for more power.

CTU rose to national prominence by focusing on growing support among public-sector teachers’ unions for political power. Chicago’s experience with CTU should be a warning to school districts across the country: The union’s political ideology and practices harm teachers and students alike.

An Illinois lawmaker is warning of even higher property taxes if costs surrounding the Illinois Teachers’ Retirement System are not addressed.

The Illinois House Personnel and Pensions Committee met virtually with Illinois Teachers’ Retirement System representatives Thursday to get an update on the statewide pension fund.

Two committees in the Illinois General Assembly will have bipartisan co-chairs.

In the Illinois Senate, Democrats hold 40 seats while Republicans hold 19. This means every committee has a majority of Democrats and all chairs are Democrats.

Lots of people complain. But when they’re really fed up, they “vote with their feet.” And by that metric, Illinois is one of the most unpopular states in the nation.

The latest Census Bureau data show that the Land of Lincoln is hemorrhaging people at an astonishing rate—and public policy there is likely to blame.