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 ...

Gov. JB Pritzker will present his seventh budget proposal Wednesday as the state faces a projected $3.2 billion revenue ...

Gov. J.B. Pritzker will present his seventh budget proposal Wednesday as the state faces a projected $3.2 billion revenue ...

Illinois law requires the state to withdraw from the expansion program if federal reimbursement falls below 90%. Some 770,000 ...

Heading into budget season, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker faces several converging challenges, including a projected deficit over ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. In a speech on the Senate floor, U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) slammed the Trump ...

With Gov. JB Pritzker still weighing whether to seek a third term, the firmer foundation he’s laid for Illinois’ historically shaky finances faces a major stress test from ballooning deficit ...

SPRINGFIELD — With ... last week when the White House Office of Management and Budget issued a directive freezing federal funds in a number of areas and Illinois and other states were ...

A White House memo froze federal funding, causing chaos. A judge blocked the freeze, but states fear cuts. Illinois vows ...