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

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

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

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

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

The transit agencies will each run out of pandemic relief funding at various points in 2026, creating deficits in their budgets if lawmakers don’t find new funding sources.

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

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

The Trump administration wants to allow a cutoff date for housing subsidies. The plan is deeply controversial, but Delaware ...

Recent migrants paid $10.1 billion in taxes but required $19.3 billion in services, with education and shelter driving the ...

Clean energy manufacturers and advocates say they’re perplexed how the repeal of tax credits in President Donald Trump’s “one ...

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