T he Illinois House passed a $53.1 billion state budget early Wednesday morning, approving a plan that is $400 million more than Gov. J.B. Pritzker proposed in February and raises taxes and makes ...

Illinois approves spending plan, ending nation’s longest budget stalemate The Illinois House voted to override Gov. Bruce Rauner's vetoes of a budget package, giving the state its first spending ...

Dennis Tipsword, who also serves as chief deputy in the Woodford County Sheriff's Office, is facing political newcomer Morgan ...

The Educational Choice for Children Act of 2024 becomes the first nationwide school choice bill to pass out of committee in U ...

The Illinois Workers’ Rights Amendment is being tested as a blueprint for unscrupulous union executives to consolidate power ...

When AT&T Illinois boss Paul La Schiazza received an email from the son of Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan asking for ...

The Missouri Capitol has sat largely empty and quiet since the Missouri General Assembly adjourned for the year in May, but ...

Legislators returned to Raleigh this week and passed ... 2023 budget law (H 259). The Senate vote was 27 to 17 and the House vote was 67 to 43. In addition, the bill facilitates the state ...

used to pass legislation outside of the full budget bill in 2019. There was no new comprehensive state budget in 2019. Cooper vetoed the bill sent to him, and the House successfully overrode his ...

They included: The money coming into the state is lessening year-by-year. Democrats blame Republican-backed tax cuts. Even so, the state has one of the largest budget ... of the House when the ...