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

Democratic members of the General Assembly had only seven minutes to spare before a key constitutional deadline to pass a ...

The $55 billion budget plan unveiled Friday night by Democratic leadership would include new taxes on gambling as well as ...

Some state Republicans, who are in the minority in both chambers of the statehouse, lobbed criticism at the quick nature of ...

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

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.

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

Illinois legislators late Saturday approved a $55 billion spending plan for the fiscal year starting July 1, unsure how many ...

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

Giving almost no time for public review, Illinois Democrats pushed through a $55.2 billion budget for next fiscal year late ...

Several Republican state legislators say they will be irreparably harmed if a court doesn’t stop the state from enacting the ...