Pritzker called for a roughly 3% spending increase to $55.2 billion in FY2026 that will be supported by a similar increase in ...

Gov. JB Pritzker gave his seventh budget address on Wednesday. The budget relies on better-than-expected revenue numbers, but ...

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker invoked a fairy tale about magic beans and a giant during his annual state of the state and ...

The Trump administration’s surprise federal funding freeze met widespread condemnation in Illinois, as state leaders ...

After Gov. J.B. Pritzker proposed a budget anticipating $55.4 billion in state taxpayer funds, the process of coming to a revenue estimate for the looming Illinois state budget has begun. Officials ...

Leaders of blue Illinois and red Indiana are divided on issues ranging from immigration to DEI to LGBTQ rights.

Gov. JB Pritzker proposed a $55.2 billion spending plan for Fiscal Year 2026 during his State of the State and budget address ...

“We’re going to each of the 102 counties in Illinois and listening to see what the issues are. One of the biggest challenges with our current governor is he only governs Chicago. He doesn’t ...

while also working on a book recapping his experiences going from Illinois Governor to the US prison system, and eventually being pardoned by the current US president. Blagojevich was elected ...

Illinois faces more uncertainty about the future of federal funding that makes up a sizable portion of state budgets and programs.