The $55 billion budget plan unveiled Friday night by Democratic leadership would include new taxes on gambling as well as ...

Giving almost no time for public review, Illinois Democrats pushed through a $55.2 billion budget for next fiscal year late ...

Illinois legislators late Saturday approved a $55 billion spending plan for the fiscal year starting July 1, unsure how many ...

Illinois lawmakers passed a $55 billion budget with tax hikes on smoking and gambling, but left proposals on transit and a ...

The Illinois House of Representatives have voted to approve the state budget for Fiscal Year 2026 (SB 2510 HA 3) with a vote ...

The House passed the $55 billion spending plan shortly after 10 p.m. Saturday, moving the measure over to the Senate.

Democratic members of the General Assembly had only seven minutes to spare before a key constitutional deadline to pass a ...

The U.S. Senate is weighing a provision in the budget, which already passed the House, banning the enforcement of state ...

The spending plan raises over $1 billion in revenue. News 8 spoke with lawmakers on both sides of the aisle to hear their ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - State lawmakers passed the budget for the next fiscal year, meeting their midnight deadline. Leaders worked late into the evening with just minutes to spare last night to pass the ...

The Illinois General Assembly passed a $55.2 billion budget ... The balanced budget includes legislation raising the state's general obligation bond authorization by $875 million, to $82.66 ...

Illinois Democrats passed ... budget includes cuts to immigrant health programs and increased spending for K-12 education. New revenue sources include taxes on vaping, gaming, and out-of-state ...