Tag: Illinois budget

Local governments will receive the same percentage of income tax revenue as last year despite a proposal from the governor ...

With just over 24 hours left in the spring legislative session, several major issues remain in flux. Lawmakers are getting ...

The budget is the focus, and new revenue options are beginning to take shape in the final stretch of the ...

State revenue growth is on track to meet expectations and there was no “April surprise” from income tax receipts. The ...

The Illinois General Assembly passed a scaled-back Medicaid package on the last day of the session Saturday.

A group of Democratic lawmakers on Tuesday called for creating a state-level child tax credit that would give low- and ...

Illinois on Thursday received its second credit rating upgrade from Moody’s Investors Service within one year, moving up one notch ...

Illinois House Speaker Emanuel "Chris" Welch announced a new House budget negotiation team Tuesday, led by House Majority Leader and ...

Capitol News Illinois spoke to the state's treasurer and comptroller, as well as one of the Senate GOP's top budgeteers ...

Newly-elected state Sen. Craig Wilcox already has a slight leg up on his other freshman colleagues in the Illinois General ...