Trump's 2026 spending plan serves as a starting point for negotiations with lawmakers and will likely change as the ...

The Illinois General Assembly passed a $55.2 billion dollar budget for 2026. It includes a boost for public schools, but not ...

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

Multiple Eastern Illinois Republican lawmakers filed a lawsuit against Senate President Don Harmon and House Speaker Emanuel ...

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

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

The Republican budget bill the U.S. House approved last month includes penalties for providing health care to some immigrants ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and his aides argued in favor of a grocery tax during a city committee meeting to replace a ...

In February, the judge declined to extend the injunction to credit unions, though it was extended to out-of-state banks that ...

In the days following the end of the session, Illinois State Senator Dave Koehler of Peoria looked back at the tense spring ...

Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s record $55.2 billion budget relies on Illinoisans paying over $394 million in new or higher taxes on ...

Lt. Governor Juliana Stratton (D-Illinois) disagrees. She said the budget helps working families. For example, it doubles the ...