Illinois lawmakers passed a $55 billion budget with tax hikes on smoking and gambling, but left proposals on transit and a ...

After Illinois lawmakers passed a budget with cuts and tax hikes, Gov. JB Pritzker blamed the state’s fiscal challenges on President Trump.

The Congressional Budget Office projected President Trump's tariffs could raise trillions of dollars over the next decade — ...

The Trump administration’s tax and spending bill is prompting reaction from both sides of the aisle, including in Illinois.

A new $55.2 billion state budget may be more significant for what is not in it than what is. Namely, an agreement on how to pay for the more than $770 million dollar shortfall the Regional Transit ...

Illinois lawmakers head into the final days of their spring session looking for ways to close a substantial gap in the state ...

Revenue projections had already been declining as the spring session has progressed. Now, lawmakers who have long feared ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — Illinois financial year 2026 budget bill was released Friday with a total of $55.2 billion in spending.

THE BUZZ: ‘TRUMP SLUMP’ — Gov ... at the federal level that are having an effect.” But he said Newsom is “always overly optimistic” in his budget projections, pointing to the Medi ...

U.S. Rep. Eric Sorensen is urging the public to call Republican lawmakers to protest proposed cuts to food aid and health ...