Legislative leaders need to start enforcing earlier deadlines for giant issues like omnibus energy proposal so they can deal ...

Republican Illinois Senate members are suing their Democratic peers over the last-minute rush to OK a $55 billion state ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois’ latest budget misses the mark in several key areas, according to one independent nonprofit ...

State lawmakers built Illinois’ record $55.2 billion budget for 2026 on gimmicks, one-time fixes and piecemeal tax hikes.

Lawmakers approved a budget and finished their spring session. But they might be coming back sooner than expected.

With electric prices going up, advocates tried — and failed — to reform the energy sector - “Heading into the end of the legislative ...

The Republican budget bill the U.S. House approved includes a surprise for the 40 states that have expanded Medicaid: ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson wants "to reinstate a 1% grocery tax" in Chicago, according to Fox 32. Johnson's push for the ...

The Illinois General Assembly passed a budget Sunday for fiscal year 2026 that increased funding for some state programs that support child care for ...

Last weekend the state enacted a $55.2 billion General Fund budget for its upcoming 2026 fiscal year. A sizable chunk of that ...

Illinois’ court-based rental assistance program for tenants struggling to pay rent and their landlords will stop accepting ...

Newsom’s is a unique strategy, unless he’s merely bumbling along with hopes of becoming the de facto leader of the Trump ...