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

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration has seen its staff cut by more than a third, and it's facing deep budget ...

The unprecedented increase in immigration starting in 2021 brought extra revenue to states and local governments, but the cost of services for those newly arrived migrants was greater, ...

The Illinois General Assembly passed a budget Sunday for fiscal year 2026 that increased funding for some state programs that support child care for ...

Last weekend the state enacted a $55.2 billion General Fund budget for its upcoming 2026 fiscal year. A sizable chunk of that ...

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

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

Newsom’s is a unique strategy, unless he’s merely bumbling along with hopes of becoming the de facto leader of the Trump ...

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

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

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