Wonder how many Lake County lawmakers actually read this document that received little public review and was hastily adopted ...

Public school educators got some of what they wanted in the new state budget, but McLean County superintendents say there are ...

SPRINGFIELD, IL Following the passage of Governor JB Pritzker’s seventh consecutive balanced budget, the State of Illinois ...

The mayor of Chicago has followed the lead of some Illinois state lawmakers by connecting state and local budget challenges ...

The ban was supposed to take effect on July 1, but lawmakers voted with strong bipartisan majorities Sunday morning to pass ...

Lawmakers in Illinois have delayed a ban on swipe fees until July 2026 as bankers are locked in a court battle over the ban, ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s top finance leaders urged aldermen to implement the tax soon during a Tuesday meeting of the City ...

Chicago must decide by Oct. 1 whether to continue the decades-old one percent grocery tax, which could cost the city between ...

The government would slash funding to states that have expanded Medicaid and provide coverage to immigrants who are on ...

WGLT spoke to state Rep. Sharon Chung, a Democrat from Bloomington, about what got done and what didn't this spring.

State lawmakers last year approved ending the statewide 1 percent grocery tax in 2026. Municipalities now have the power to ...

The State of Illinois has announced a historic $500 million investment in site readiness, marking the largest such investment ...