SPRINGFIELD — Illinois’ latest budget misses the mark in several key areas, according to one independent nonprofit fiscal ...

With electric prices going up, advocates tried — and failed — to reform the energy sector - “Heading into the end of the legislative ...

The legislation that Republicans are trying to push through Congress could swell the very fiscal imbalance that party leaders ...

The Illinois General Assembly passed a $55.2 billion dollar budget for 2026. It includes a boost for public schools, but not ...

Dig down about a mile or two in parts of the United States and you’ll start to see the remains of an ancient ocean. The ...

At Illinois Public Media’s WILL, which serves central Illinois, public broadcasting cuts would mean a sharp reduction in ...

The Illinois General Assembly sent Chicago transit agencies closer to the fiscal cliff, adjourning without sending a funding ...

The school's flagship campus, which has the second largest number of international students of all public universities in the ...

The mayor of Chicago has followed the lead of some Illinois state lawmakers by connecting state and local budget challenges with potential moves by the Trump administration.

A funding crisis, the result of the refusal of Democrats and Republicans to tax the wealthy, threatens catastrophic service ...

Budget talks took up most of the political bandwidth in the waning hours of the legislative session, leaving the big transit ...

Chicago-area transit agencies face a $771 million budget gap. Absent state action, they’re warning about a 40 percent ...