SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois has its belated state budget, but the state Capitol’s next flashpoint in the political struggle over finances is about how to fund public education with just weeks ...

Illinois' newly approved $46.5 billion budget is set to temporarily bring financial relief to residents through direct checks, a suspension of grocery taxes and a freeze on the state’s fuel tax.

Aldermen fretted about the Chicago Fire Department’s aging vehicle fleet and sure-to-be-expensive union contract Tuesday as the city’s budget ... uses House hearing to defend Illinois ...