State ends fiscal year with record $50.7 billion in base revenue, sparking small surplus State ends fiscal year with record $50.7 billion in base revenue, sparking small surplus Friday, July 7, 2023 State revenues once again reached a record high in the fiscal year that ended June 30, creating what Gov. JB Pritzker called a “one-time” budget surplus of over $700 million.
1% grocery tax to resume, gas tax to increase as new fiscal year begins July 1 1% grocery tax to resume, gas tax to increase as new fiscal year begins July 1 Tuesday, June 27, 2023 A new state fiscal year will begin July 1, ushering in the reinstatement of a 1 percent tax on groceries and a second increase to the state’s motor fuel tax in 2023.
Pritzker quickly wields expanded authority to freeze noncitizen health care enrollment Pritzker quickly wields expanded authority to freeze noncitizen health care enrollment Wednesday, June 21, 2023 Gov. JB Pritzker’s administration wasted no time last week in exercising new authority granted by lawmakers to limit the number of enrollees in a pair of state-funded health care programs... Read more
Stalled bills include repeal of subminimum wage for disabled workers, BIPA reform Stalled bills include repeal of subminimum wage for disabled workers, BIPA reform Tuesday, June 20, 2023 While hundreds of bills cleared the General Assembly in the final month of the legislative session, some big-ticket measures will have to wait until at least the fall. Sponsors of several stalled... Read more
PHOTO TOUR: Construction crews 'exposing the bones' of state Capitol as renovations continue PHOTO TOUR: Construction crews 'exposing the bones' of state Capitol as renovations continue Friday, June 16, 2023 Construction workers in the Illinois Statehouse have stripped most of the north wing of the building down to its bare bones and are now in the process of restoring it to its original grandeur. Read more
Former Gov. Rauner’s portrait added to state Capitol’s ‘Hall of Governors’ Former Gov. Rauner’s portrait added to state Capitol’s ‘Hall of Governors’ Monday, June 12, 2023 Former Gov. Bruce Rauner’s portrait has joined the “Hall of Governors” in the Illinois Capitol. Read more
Pritzker set to consider signing more than 500 bills in the next three months Pritzker set to consider signing more than 500 bills in the next three months Monday, June 5, 2023 Illinois lawmakers passed 566 bills through both chambers of the General Assembly in the recently concluded legislative session – all but one of them in May. Read more
Pritzker touts new budget’s higher education spending Pritzker touts new budget’s higher education spending Wednesday, May 31, 2023 Gov. JB Pritzker began a tour of the state to tout the new state budget that lawmakers passed last week, stopping at two university campuses Wednesday to highlight the spending plan’s... Read more