The head of one of Chicago’s top nonpartisan government research organizations said lawmakers made too many short-term ...

Giving almost no time for public review, Illinois Democrats pushed through a $55.2 billion budget for next fiscal year late ...

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

The $55 billion budget plan unveiled Friday night by Democratic leadership would include new taxes on gambling as well as ...

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

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

The narratives around Illinois' budget have sharply diverged, with Democrats touting the paydown of debts and credit rating ...

State lawmakers are still ironing out the details of a $1 billion tax package with just a few hours left in the legislative ...

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

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

Statehouse Reporter for Capitol News Illinois, Ben Szalinski, joined Jon Hansen on Let’s Get Legal to talk about the latest ...

Some Illinois residents could see prices of a variety of items increase in coming weeks after tax rates were raised as part ...