Although Evanston education officials said they do not agree with Gov. Bruce Rauner’s proposal to fund education using the current model, they do not believe new Illinois Senate legislation to reallocate...
As Illinois nears the end of its seventh month without a budget, Gov. Bruce Rauner focused on the need for bipartisan cooperation while pushing for changes that he says the state needs to become economically...
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...
The Evanston city manager decided against an employee furlough day for September as a solution to upcoming state funding reductions.
City Manager Wally Bobkiewicz and his staff were considering two...
State Sen. Daniel Biss (D-Evanston) called on politicians at a town hall meeting Wednesday to put aside partisan ideology and compromise to solve the state’s fiscal crisis before the government defaults...
