Although the Illinois Senate didn’t bring their “grand bargain” package of budget bills to a vote this week, Senate President John Cullerton (D-Chicago) said they can expect to vote after returning...
An ambitious package of bills proposed by a bipartisan Senate leaders stalled in committee Tuesday, leaving the possibility of a proposed Wednesday vote unclear.
The bills, which include an income tax...
With the clock ticking on the state’s stopgap spending bill, legislative leaders met with Gov. Bruce Rauner this week to discuss budget priorities.
After a year-long budget impasse, the General Assembly...
Illinois Budget Crisis
Top Illinois political leaders met Tuesday in Springfield for the first time since May to negotiate the five-month state budget impasse.
At the urging of political reform...
Illinois politicians on both sides of the aisle must compromise to lift the state from the “dire shape” it’s in, the top Republican in the state Senate said Monday in Evanston.
Sen. Christine...
