Illinois lawmakers are in the home stretch of budget negotiations, with better-than-expected revenue but caution for the ...

Illinois has seen a jump in money coming in this budget year, an amount well above estimates. Slower growth is expected next ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. SPRINGFIELD — In an election-year General Assembly session where what won’t pass will likely be as telling as what might, Illinois ...

State legislative leaders from both parties spoke to the Illinois Chamber of Commerce about the broad state of legislation ...

Gov. JB Pritzker on Wednesday laid out his spending plan and legislative agenda for the next fiscal year as he presented his annual State of the State address in Springfield. The governor's $56 ...

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker proposed his $56 billion state budget on Wednesday during his State of the State address. It includes new taxes on social media companies and a ban on cell phones in the ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The board that governs higher education in Illinois voted Wednesday to request $2.7 billion in general revenue funding next year, an increase of $121.6 million, or 4.6%, over the ...

Several school districts in northern Illinois are reckoning with multi-million-dollar budget deficits this spring as well as ...