The budget sent to Pritzker included a 5% pay raise for state lawmakers, to $98,304. State law sets the pay for legislators ...

Transit agency officials in the Chicago area have formally begun the process of planning for next year’s budget, including ...

Transit agencies in northern Illinois are facing a $771 million annual combined budget gap — and lawmakers did not pass ...

You know it’s a bad budget when it’s based on nearly $1 billion in tax increases and enhancements,” a Republican lawmaker ...

Across the country, relatively few disruptions were reported during protests and marches where the mood ranged from joyful to ...

Illinois lawmakers approve another sports betting tax hike, raising question of how top sportsbooks will react.

Legislation to reform mass transit around Chicago passed the Illinois Senate 32-22 shortly late Saturday, but the measure — ...

But for a broader reform package, it’s back to the drawing board ... data centers?” Capitol News Illinois is a nonprofit, nonpartisan news service that distributes state government coverage ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WLS) -- Governor JB Pritzker is set to sign the 2026 budget into law Monday morning. State lawmakers passed the record-setting $55 billion plan two weeks ago. It includes ...

City officials from Decatur and Illinois horse racing advocates joined an effort this week by Sen. Patrick Joyce, D-Essex, to ...

The Senate GOP’s budget plan also contains a surprise new way for the state to offer $600 million toward a new suburban ...

We found one small-town Pride festival in every red state. And each one reminds us that queer people are everywhere—and ...