Ensuring the safety of Cook County residents requires a justice system that is adequately staffed, well-resourced, and able ...

The national debt will continue to soar. Bank on it. See Holman Jenkins’s column from last week for evidence. He wrote in the Wall Street Journal that “The U.S. won’t deal with its l ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services agreed last spring to give ICE officials direct access to a Medicaid database.

State officials are hearing voters’ worries about the cost of everyday items such as housing, groceries, utilities and child ...

IRS Free File allows taxpayers to search through eight online partners who help prepare and file taxes for free. Each company has a specific set of qualifications - annual income, age, state residency ...

Milwaukee residents who need help filing their taxes can get it done for free through the IRS’ Volunteer Income Tax Assistance, or VITA, program. Certified VITA volunteers can file state and federal ...

SACRAMENTO — California may be headed toward killing the billionaire birds that lay the golden eggs needed to nourish this Golden State. The English fable about the farmer and his wife who foolishly ...

Tax refunds are expected to be big this year. Learn what the fastest and safest way is to get yours and how to track it.

A simple guide on how to use the IRS 'Where's My Refund?' tool and the IRS2Go app to track the status of your 2026 tax refund ...

Many Americans will see bigger refunds and new deductions, while others may be revisiting the dreaded alternative minimum tax ...

Eager to find out when your tax return refunds will hit your bank account? Here's when you might expect to receive it and how ...

Monday marked the first day the IRS is accepting tax returns and millions will file their 2025 taxes today, but with a possible government shutdown in January 2026, and Senate vote this week, ...