UPDATED: Fitch, S&P announce Illinois credit ratings upgrades
Fitch Ratings on Thursday raised the state of Illinois’ rating for general obligation bonds two notches, to BBB+, while S&P ...
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Moody’s gives Illinois second credit upgrade within one year
Illinois on Thursday received its second credit rating upgrade from Moody’s Investors Service within one year, moving up one notch ...
Crowded GOP field lines up to challenge Pritzker, Stratton
Seven teams of Republicans and one team of Democrats have lined up to challenge Gov. JB Pritzker and Lt. Gov. ...
Mendoza urges automatic payments into ‘rainy day fund’
Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza is pushing legislation that would require the state to make automatic deposits into its so-called “rainy ...
Campaign season opens as candidates line up to file
The 2022 campaign season got underway in earnest Monday as candidates lined up in front of election offices to turn ...
Comptroller calls for ending penalties on late payments
Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza is calling for repealing a law that imposes a 12 percent interest whenever the state is ...
Comptroller says proposed budget could lead state to another credit upgrade
Comptroller Susana Mendoza said she expects the state’s credit rating to improve and the remaining bill backlog reduced under Gov. ...
FULL TEXT: Pritzker’s budget address
Below is the full text of Gov. JB Pritzker’s State of the State and budget address, delivered Wednesday, Feb. 2 ...
Former GOP rep. seeking back pay for himself, all other lawmakers in class action suit
A former state lawmaker is suing the state comptroller for salary increases he claims he was entitled to while serving ...
WITH PODCAST: Disinvestment, pandemic leave Illinois’ state of mental health care in ‘crisis’
Rooted in disinvestment and growing amid economic repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic, Illinois is facing a statewide mental health crisis ...
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