Illinois lawmakers have approved a $55.2 billion budget with new taxes on sports betting and nicotine, plus cuts to immigrant ...

Illinois lawmakers passed a $55 billion budget with tax hikes on smoking and gambling, but left proposals on transit and a ...

“This is not a prescription drug affordability bill,” said Lori Reimers, lobbyist for the Pharmaceutical Care Management ...

The $55.2 billion spending plan is supported by $55.3 billion of revenue, including just over $1 billion in new taxes and ...

Illinois lawmakers passed bills on issues from abortion rights to gun safety during the final days of the General Assembly’s ...

Democrats said it was the best budget they could manage in a difficult year. To address potential uncertainties stemming from federal policy changes, they gave the governor authority over a ...

Lawmakers and state officials from around Illinois have been reacting to the passage of the new state budget.Senate President ...

Gov. JB Pritzker is applauding the General Assembly after the passage of the state budget for Fiscal Year 2026.The House and Senate voted to approve the state ...

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 ...

State leaders and lawmakers, either supporters or opponents of the Illinois state budget for Fiscal Year 2026, issued ...

Giving almost no time for public review, Illinois Democrats pushed through a $55.2 billion budget for next fiscal year late ...