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

Both the RTA and Chicago Transit Authority have meetings scheduled next week where talks will presumably focus on how the ...

Competing with a tense budget debate and an impending public transportation crisis, the Chicago Bears could barely muster any ...

A effort is being made to save the Ste. Genevieve-Modoc Ferry from ceasing operations at the end of this month. According to ...

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 ...

As property taxes continue to rise, Illinois officials consider bills that could offer some relief to homeowners In Cook ...

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 ...

Va., who is also on the Senate Budget Committee, about how President Trump's tariffs will affect the federal budget and the ...

WASHINGTON (TNND) — President Donald Trump’s tariffs would cut the federal deficit by $2.8 trillion over a 10-year period, according to an analysis released by the non-partisan Congressional Budget ...

There’s no sign that anyone in Springfield or Chicago City Hall is willing to make the hard choices real leaders are supposed ...