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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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.

We’re in the final days of spring session for the Illinois General Assembly. The TRiiBE compiled a list of criminal justice ...

In-person ticket sales for the Illinois State Fair will open Monday, with special deals on offer for those who show up for ...

Last month, the state of Illinois took the first step in over 70 years to fix an under-funded and resource-starved public ...