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…
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