SPRINGFIELD – Sustained higher-than-predicted state tax revenues have in recent months given lawmakers a level of budgeting flexibility that is, at least in modern times, without…
SPRINGFIELD – The cost of renovating the north wing of the Illinois Statehouse will be more expensive than officials initially estimated. Only one bid came in for the project, which…
SPRINGFIELD – Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a package of bills Tuesday, April 19 that make up a roughly $46 billion Fiscal Year 2023 state general revenue funds budget that includes increased…
SPRINGFIELD – A House revenue committee on Thursday, Feb. 24 heard projections of an Illinois economy that is steadily moving back toward a level of pre-pandemic normalcy, which means…
SPRINGFIELD – Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Wednesday, Feb. 2 offered a $45.4 billion general revenue budget plan for the upcoming fiscal year that would include new spending on education…
It was 6 a.m. Saturday, April 9, by the time lawmakers adjourned their regular spring session which had been scheduled to conclude the day prior. When all was settled, lawmakers had…
SPRINGFIELD – Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed his final first-term budget into law Tuesday, April 19 a roughly $46 billion spending plan buoyed by pandemic-driven revenue windfalls and…
Members of the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus and Illinois Legislative Latino Caucus voiced their overall support for Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s budget in separate news conferences…
Randall Road detour in effect ...Motorists traversing Randall Road through the Miller Road intersection in Carpentersville have ...
Bloomington man killed in truck ...A Bloomington man died from injuries sustained Wednesday morning when his truck ...
Vietnam Veterans Memorial replica wall ...“The Wall That Heals,” a three-quarter scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans ...
Two more candidates announce for ...The Republican primary field for the Illinois 11th Congressional District has doubled ...
