Wonder how many Lake County lawmakers actually read this document that received little public review and was hastily adopted ...

CTA, Metra, and Pace officials are preparing "doomsday budgets" after Illinois state lawmakers didn't address the Chicago ...

CTA, Metra, and Pace officials are preparing "doomsday budgets" after Illinois state lawmakers didn't address the Chicago area mass transit system's massive budget shortfall during the spring ...

Public school educators got some of what they wanted in the new state budget, but McLean County superintendents say there are ...

SPRINGFIELD, IL Following the passage of Governor JB Pritzker’s seventh consecutive balanced budget, the State of Illinois ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s top finance leaders urged aldermen to implement the tax soon during a Tuesday meeting of the City ...

Lawmakers in Illinois have delayed a ban on swipe fees until July 2026 as bankers are locked in a court battle over the ban, ...

The ban was supposed to take effect on July 1, but lawmakers voted with strong bipartisan majorities Sunday morning to pass ...

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.

As the state of Illinois prepares to eliminate a statewide tax on groceries, the city of Chicago could join dozens of suburbs ...

WGLT spoke to state Rep. Sharon Chung, a Democrat from Bloomington, about what got done and what didn't this spring.