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

Just minutes before a crucial midnight deadline, Illinois state lawmakers approved a $55 billion state budget plan for the ...

The Senate approved a measure reforming regional transit and providing funding to avoid a fiscal cliff, but the House does ...

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

Hastings supports legislation to lower prescription drug costs State Senator Michael E. Hastings is supporting two ...

Illinois lawmakers consider a toll hike and other measures to address an expected $771 million financial shortfall for ...

The legislature began working on transit reform more than two years ago facing post-pandemic ridership slumps. Transit ...

With the Illinois legislature one day away from a deadline for passing the state’s budget for fiscal 2026, lawmakers have yet ...

Despite a long process of negotiation, several important groups still oppose the bills, including representatives of ...

The state of Illinois is proposing to replace the Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) with a new body as a transit ...

Heading to Gov. JB Pritzker’s desk is a bill worthy of his signature and inspiring in its journey. Dubbed “Anna’s Law,” the ...