Illinois Democrats passed a $55 billion spending plan, which includes $1 billion in tax hikes and increased spending by 38% ...

Some state Republicans, who are in the minority in both chambers of the statehouse, lobbed criticism at the quick nature of ...

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 ...

Four bills creating the new budget included thousands of pages of detail also submitted in the final 48 hours of the ...

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

Democrats hold a supermajority in Illinois, but Democrat Gov. J.B. Pritzker is blaming President Donald Trump for the state’s ...

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

State lawmakers built Illinois’ record $55.2 billion budget for 2026 on gimmicks, one-time fixes and piecemeal tax hikes.

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

Republican Illinois Senate members are suing their Democratic peers over the last-minute rush to OK a $55 billion state ...