SPRINGFIELD Several Illinois elected officials have released the following statements in response to the recent passage of ...

Lawmakers and state officials from around Illinois have been reacting to the passage of the new state budget.Senate President ...

Illinois legislators passed a record-high $55.1 billion state budget, which includes funding for local K-12 schools, Rockford ...

As climate change ravages many corners of the country, Illinois — with its nutrient-rich soil and more temperate weather — is emerging as the land of opportunity. But an agricultural landscape plagued ...

Democratic leaders on the House Executive Committee approved their $55.2 billion spending plan late Friday night.

Gov. JB Pritzker celebrated the passage of the Fiscal Year 2026 budget just hours after the spending plan passed out of both ...

In today’s edition … The Senate takes up House Republicans’ mega-bill … Democrats are leaping on Sen. Joni Ernst’s Medicaid ...

Tulsa’s new mayor on Sunday proposed a $100 million private trust as part of a reparations plan to give descendants of the ...

Illinois lawmakers failed to pass a bill at session's end on May 31 that would give Chicago-area transit agencies the funding ...

Other Illinois counties may follow suit, as they all use the same system the U.S. Supreme Court deemed a breach of Fifth ...

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

Illinois sets the 2024 property tax equalization factor for Cook County at 3.0355 to ensure equitable tax assessment.