Session slog ends in $56B budget, new taxes on social media companies, crypto, fantasy sports
Local governments will receive the same percentage of income tax revenue as last year despite a proposal from the governor ...
pensions
Details of $55.9B budget begin to take shape with 12 hours left in session
Senate budget sponsor teases sales tax holiday on school supplies and gas tax freeze.
Ticket bot bill, Glock ban, e-bikes still up in the air as lawmakers near May 31
Outside of the three most publicized issues — Bears, the budget and BUILD — lawmakers continue to tinker and negotiate ...
Aquifer protection, Chicago pension boost among more than 100 new laws
Other new laws require trauma-informed police training, AI regulations and new requirements for insurance plans.
‘This issue isn’t going away’: Illinois lawmakers delay pension reform again
Illinois labor unions have been working for years to seek better benefits for Tier 2 employees.
New taxes on sports bets, nicotine products as Democrats pass $55.2B budget
The budget measures passed just before midnight with little time for public review.
Pritzker says state ‘obviously’ needs to change 2010 law that shrunk pension benefits
Governor adds voice to growing consensus that 'Tier 2' pensions may violate federal law
What to know ahead of Pritzker’s budget proposal to lawmakers
Gov. JB Pritzker’s second-term legislative agenda will kick off in earnest next week as he proposes his fifth annual state ...
Pension debt grows to $139.7 billion
Illinois’ unfunded pension liability grew by $9.8 billion, or 7.5 percent, in the fiscal year that ended June 30, due ...
Pritzker hails passage of pension consolidation bill
Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker thanked lawmakers Thursday for passing legislation to address an issue that has eluded the General Assembly ...
More news from the IllinoisStatehouse delivered to your
inbox.