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Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a bill into law opening student financial aid to all residents, regardless of immigration ...

Democrats and the debt

As Democratic politicians prepare their shadow campaigns for the 2028 presidential nomination, voters face a disturbing ...
For the first time in more than 20 years, Illinois' debt has been upgraded by one of the major rating agencies. In a statement today, Moody’s Investors Service moved Illinois' general obligation ...
Fitch said Illinois also appears eligible to borrow up to $9.6 billion through a new Federal Reserve program designed to purchase short-term debt issued by state and local governments.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Lawmakers on Tuesday announced a bipartisan plan to use state revenues to pay down the remaining $1.4 billion in debt taken on by the state’s Unemployment Insurance Trust ...
Illinois’ 2020 NCAA financial statement reported total athletics-related debt of $315,822,286. Our athletically related facilities annual debt service was $21,564,413.
Unemployment debt not in Illinois budget, but closing tax incentives included By Washington Examiner June 1, 2021 12:00 pm ...
If all of the state's debt were refinanced at this 1.5 percent spread, taxpayers would be looking at an extra $500 million in annual borrowing costs-but is Illinois debt really so dangerous that ...