Illinois is set to become the first American state to mandate annual mental health screenings for students. Governor JB ...

As CPS grapples with a massive budget deficit, new state figures show the gap between what CPS has and what it needs is ...

District officials say they expect to save about $165 million after laying off some central office staff and crossing guards ...

About 2-in-5 Illinois elementary students can read at grade level, so there is a lot of room for improvement. Five new bills ...

Only five of 22 schools with after-school programs led by Boys and Girls Clubs of Central Illinois have funding for those programs for the new school year, leaving the organization scrambling to find ...

Illinois lawmakers want to figure out how to close Chicago’s budget gap. However, they did not make any commitments on what ...

Illinois education received a bump to the budget this year, but some education advocates hoped for more investment. The state budget package, signed on June 16, totals $55.1 billion. It prioritizes ...

Thanks to the state budget crisis, the higher education destination for many Illinois teens is out of state. Every year, about 32,000 Illinois high school grads go out of state, while only about ...

CHICAGO (WGN) — Boys & Girls Clubs across the state of Illinois face an economic crisis, as lost federal funding continues to have a significant impact on working families. While the ...

The FY26 budget cuts tens of millions of dollars of funding to housing programs, including the governor’s signature program designed to end homelessness in Illinois.