Chicago property owners could see a massive spike in property taxes in 2023 after Mayor Lori Lightfoot linked property tax rates to inflation. She says her administration is looking for a fix.

The consumer price index has increased to over 9% in June, a 40-year high, which could lead to property taxes nearly quadrupling next year in Chicago due to Lightfoot’s 2020 decision to tie the levy with inflation.

A multi-billion dollar managed care company reaps millions in Illinois taxpayer dollars to manage a state-administered health insurance plan for retired state workers.

Nearly seven months after that plan was diminished by a contract termination with the largest health system in Champaign and surrounding counties, Aetna has produced less than a handful of viable replacements to fill the primary care gap, leaving seniors in need of recommended routine and preventative health care to delay doctors appointments while they attempt to weed through a lengthy list of providers that, in many cases, are either not real or not realistic options.

Compared to other states, Illinois is having one of the hardest times finding employees, according to a new study.

A new ranking from WalletHub puts the Land of Lincoln eighth among the states for unfilled job openings, comparing the last 12 months but weighing the most recent month twice as heavily.

The City Council on Wednesday voted down an attempt to raise the threshold for issuing speed camera tickets in Chicago back to 10 mph, from the 6 mph minimum Mayor Lori Lightfoot included as part of her 2021 budget.

Ald. Anthony Beale (9th) has been trying for more than a year to undo the lower threshold, but Lightfoot and her allies had successfully stalled a full council vote until Wednesday, when only 18 aldermen voted in favor of the proposal to repeal the lower threshold, with 26 aldermen voting against the ordinance. Beale needed 26 votes to pass it.