Just as schools screen for vision and hearing to support learning, mental health checks promote students’ well-being.

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LGBTQ individuals often struggle with questions about complicated legal issues, such as name changes and access to medical ...

Illinois Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker has announced the launch of the nation's first-ever LGBTQ+ legal hotline.

Teachers and high school students live in vastly different media worlds, and that's one of several digital divides that ...

The new law also prohibits schools from creating policies that would discourage kids from attending school, such as asking ...

State officials say the changes written into the new federal law could place hundreds of thousands of Illinoisans at risk of ...

Illinois does not tax Social Security benefits at the state level, allowing retirees to retain more of their monthly checks compared to states that impose such taxes. This tax advantage, combined with ...

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Lawsuit filed in Illinois court by Texas House, Illinois state senator, against 33 AWOL Dems The Texas Democrats are protesting a measure filed during Texas' ongoing special session that seeks to ...

The Illinois Department of Revenue (DOR) issued a general information letter regarding the taxability of inherited IRA payments via taxpayer’s father’s estate. The payments pass from the estate to a ...