The relative ease of budgeting following the pandemic thanks to federal aid and strong tax revenue surpluses for the state ...
Uncertainty in federal funding under President Donald Trump's administration has made a tough state budget season even more ...
Illinois lawmakers returned to Springfield ... Elgie Sims, D-Chicago, said. The Governor’s Office of Management and Budget released a report on Nov. 1 projecting the state will face a $3.2 ...
Illinois law requires the state to withdraw from the expansion program if federal reimbursement falls below 90%. Some 770,000 ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. In a speech on the Senate floor, U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) slammed the Trump ...
One of the largest categories of federal funding for Illinois is Medicaid, the health insurance program for low-income and disabled individuals that covers about 3.5 million people in the state. The ...
Heading into budget season, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker faces several converging challenges, including a projected deficit over ...
SPRINGFIELD — Revenue returns remain on track halfway through Illinois’ budget year, though it’s next year that is causing concern in the Capitol. The Governor’s Office of Management and ...
SPRINGFIELD — Illinois lawmakers returned ... Elgie Sims, D-Chicago, said. The Governor’s Office of Management and Budget ...