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Democratic Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton vowed to serve as a check on President Donald Trump while Republican Don Tracy largely ...

Court strikes down Trump administration ban on noncitizens accessing publicly funded benefits.

Studies analyzing the outcomes of Early Intervention found it can change a child’s developmental trajectory, and may even reduce the ...

The pressure arrives as Democratic New York governor says she’ll opt into federal tax credit.

The governor, education advocates and legislators weigh whether to opt Illinois into a federal school choice tax credit.

The U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday announced an investigation into 36 public school districts in Illinois "to determine whether ...

Pritzker established the awards after the national program was abolished in August 2025.

Multiple groups that are at risk of losing federal funding are asking Illinois lawmakers for more state money.

Some student loan borrowers could be facing a “devastating” tax problem, advocate says.

Students in Illinois, like their peers nationwide, tend to score lower in math than they do in reading and writing.