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

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

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 Illinois state legislature passed a $55.2 billion budget in the final 48 hours of the legislative session, leaving little ...

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

State lawmakers sent Gov. JB Pritzker a $55.2 billion budget on May 31 that raises $1 billion in new revenue and increases ...

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

The largest increases are on taxes of tobacco, vaping and sports betting, but there are also various changes to corporate ...

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

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

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