SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - State lawmakers passed the budget for the next fiscal year, meeting their midnight deadline. Leaders worked late into the evening with just minutes to spare last night to pass the ...

The Illinois House and Senate need to approve a state budget plan before the legislative session ends Saturday. A $55 billion ...

A day after the budget was passed out of the House Executive Committee, the Senate held their own subject matter hearing on ...

Illinois Democrats introduced what a leading budgeteer described as a $55 billion budget Friday evening ahead of a Saturday ...

State Sen. Elgie Sims, a Chicago Democrat and the Senate’s lead budget negotiator, briefs reporters on the state budget ...

The budget proposal, revealed a day before a key deadline to pass it, includes more than $1 billion in tax increases — but ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — Illinois financial year 2026 budget bill was released Friday with a total of $55 billion in ...

Legislation aimed at reining in the practices of pharmacy benefit managers sailed through the Senate on Thursday, bringing a ...

Smoke and hazy skies are expected to linger in Illinois into the weekend from Canadian wildfires. The province of Manitoba ...

The Illinois State Fair will offer a little something for everyone this year.  Fans of the fair and its food gathered at the ...

A camera network developed to help find missing cars and persons is now being used for immigration enforcement.