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...
Leaders in the Illinois Senate presented a package of bills meant to help the General Assembly pass a budget on Monday.
Sen. President John Cullerton (D-Chicago) and Senate minority leader Christine...
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...
Gov. Bruce Rauner signed a stopgap budget Thursday that will fund the state until January, compromising with lawmakers a full year after Illinois began operating without a spending plan.
The six-month...
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...
