Roughly half of Illinois residents say they would leave the state if they could. That warning should be a wake-up call to state and local leaders.

Chicago posted the seventh biggest population gain of any city in the country last year, leading a wave of growth that also lifted many suburbs, particularly those on the fringes of the metro area.

Black, while Burbank and Franklin Park are now majority-Latino, according to a WBEZ analysis of new census data.