The spring legislative session ended just before 2 a.m. on June 1st and in the final 24 hours nearly 100 bills were passed, including the FY26 state budget. At $55.1 billion, this is the largest ...

The state of Illinois faces a projected budget deficit of about $3 billion for the coming fiscal year, rising in three years to $5 billion per year. Details are in a new report from the Governor ...

New Illinois budget funnels surplus to pensions, rainy day fund By Yvette Shields April 11, 2022, 11:53 a.m. EDT 7 Min Read ...

State budget: No. Withhold state funds from libraries that ban books: No. Permitting all-gender, multi-occupancy bathrooms: No. Barring deceptive practices from anti-abortion pregnancy centers: No.

Illinois has spent about $170 million on coronavirus-related expenses so far, and Gov. J.B. Pritzker said more information on the budget impact is coming.

A day after Gov. J.B. Pritzker said he expects the coronavirus pandemic will blow a $2.7 billion hole in this year’s state budget and create an even larger gap next year, a Wall Street credit… ...

Squeezed by the state, U of I President Timothy Killeen has slashed offices by 20 percent, saving about $1 million a month in the process, while also reducing non-instructional staff and ...