Attorney General Kwame Raoul joined a coalition of 25 states and attorneys general to file a lawsuit against the Trump ...

SPRINGFIELD — A judge issued a ruling this month that reads as a scathing indictment of the way his state funds and oversees public education. Education funding lawsuits may show what’s ahead ...

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul's office said the state was expected to receive an estimated $219 million in federal ...

The Trump administration's freeze of $6.8 billion in education funds spurred a multi-state lawsuit for its release.

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan is asking Judge John Robert Blakey to let him avoid prison while his attorneys ...

The school district has joined a lawsuit suing the state of Illinois for failing to adequately fund public education. Photo by Robert Cohen, [email protected] Robert Cohen ...

The lawsuit is consistent with the position of the Illinois State Board of Education, which has said $7.2 billion more would be needed to meet the goal of 100 percent funding to adequate levels.

Nearly a year after threatening to sue the state of Illinois over its system for funding public schools, the Chicago Board of Education has announced plans to file a civil rights lawsuit.

Chicago Public Schools, which have about 380,000 students, received about 15% of the state’s $10.6 billion in education funding, despite enrolling nearly 20% of Illinois' public students in 2016.

Education funding lawsuits may show what’s ahead for Illinois. ... They all do a better job than Illinois of providing equitable funding for high-poverty school districts.

SPRINGFIELD — A judge issued a ruling this month that reads as scathing indictment of the way his state funds and oversees public education.