GOP candidate for governor says income taxes are lower in Illinois than Wisconsin. Is that true? Illinois has a flat tax of 4.95%, which applies to all filers. Wisconsin has progressive tax, which ...

Illinois has a flat tax of 4.95%, while Wisconsin has several brackets based on income. Flat taxes have been a debate in past governor's races.

The Brookings Institution defines the middle class as making up 60% of Americans, so most of us fall into that group. But what does that actually mean in terms of your net worth? Trending Now: Here’s ...

Almost everything is cheaper today than it was in the 1950s and 1960s by that measure, though it is harder to measure quality ...

County council leaders say the housing market has a gap: not enough homes are being built for families earning moderate ...

The recent budget is riddled with ironies. Some have labeled it as "pro-poor" or "middle-class friendly"—which it clearly is ...

Fed Vice Chair for Supervision Michelle Bowman is the second Fed official to join Trump in calling for lower borrowing costs.

Americans often underestimate the challenge. The Northwestern Mutual 2025 Planning & Progress Study found the average person believes they need $1.26 million to retire well. Yet data shows most ...

Based on the Pew Research Center’s analysis of government data, roughly 49% of Americans don’t actually fall into the middle ...

What is it like to be young and ambitious, or striving and average, in the country today? Private Revolutions peers behind the red curtain.

Over time, as school voucher policies grew in popularity, they evolved into subsidies for middle-class families to send their children to private and parochial schools. School choice policies have ...