Illinois’ court-based rental assistance program for tenants struggling to pay rent and their landlords will stop accepting ...

Legislators who approved a first-of-its-kind per-wager tax say big gambling corporations like DraftKings can afford another ...

State lawmakers built Illinois’ record $55.2 billion budget for 2026 on gimmicks, one-time fixes and piecemeal tax hikes.

The head of one of Chicago’s top nonpartisan government research organizations said lawmakers made too many short-term ...

Several Republican state legislators say they will be irreparably harmed if a court doesn’t stop the state from enacting the ...

The narratives around Illinois' budget have sharply diverged, with Democrats touting the paydown of debts and credit rating ...

Wonder how many Lake County lawmakers actually read this document that received little public review and was hastily adopted ...

Taxpayers will be on the hook for more than $1 million for a giant base camp tent that was supposed to be built to house migrants back in 2023.

Republican Illinois Senate members are suing their Democratic peers over the last-minute rush to OK a $55 billion state ...

The U.S. Senate is weighing a provision in the budget, which already passed the House, banning the enforcement of state ...

In today's edition of Illinois in Focus Daily, The Center Square Associate Editor Greg Bishop reviews the latest filings in ...

Lawmakers approved a budget and finished their spring session. But they might be coming back sooner than expected.