The Illinois Federation of Teachers sued Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas Monday to try to force her to mail property tax ...

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Over the past four years, the price of energy has done more damage to Europe than any kinetic weapon. It has shuttered ...

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Colorado’s struggles to improve housing affordability inform many of the federal housing reforms, which should leave the state in a better spot to “connect the dots” and implement the changes coming.

Upcoming funding shifts in the federal food stamp program are poised to cost states billions of dollars, heightening fears that more Americans will lose access to the nation’s largest food assistance ...

Russians now face the prospect that this war will soon reach directly into their wallets, freedoms and families, as ...