As state lawmakers look to plug budget holes by removing limits on state income tax rates, Illinois’ spending is set to ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Gov. JB Pritzker and Democratic leaders announced Wednesday they've agreed to a framework for next year's roughly $50 billion state spending plan, even as negotiations continued ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WLS) -- Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan said he will not bring a state budget to the floor for a vote Wednesday, bringing the budget impasse into its third year. Madigan said ...

SPRINGFIELD (CNI) - Illinois is on track to run a more than $200 million deficit just three months into the current fiscal year, according to the Governor’s Office of Management and Budget. If nothing ...

Illinois’ $143.5 billion state pension debt saw a tiny dip, but meaningful reform is needed to stop threats to taxpayers and ...

A report by the Illinois Economic Policy Institute found federal budget cuts could reduce economic activity in Illinois by ...

Gov. JB Pritzker (D-IL) told state agencies to find 4% in cuts due to less funding coming to Illinois from the federal government. Pritzker signed an executive order on Tuesday requiring agencies to ...

Pritzker also appointed Margarita Teran-Garcia from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign’s Illinois Extension to the ...

With federal funds drying up, states like California and Illinois face tough choices as they manage ballooning budgets, ...

JONESBORO — It was a bitterly cold evening on Jan. 19, 1997, when Judy Stegle and her husband, Mike, received the call that would upend their lives forever. Their 17-year-old daughter, Cortnie Stewart ...