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 ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — Illinois House Republicans believe state lawmakers need to pass property tax reform as soon as ...

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

The campus in deep southern Illinois is grappling with a nearly $9.5 million budget shortfall that its leader says is largely ...

Otherwise, down-ballot candidates are on their own to get their messages out — and that costs money. We’ll be watching to see how much their respective parties help out in the home stretch. Here are ...

With Illinois state lawmakers set to return to Springfield Nov. 12 House Republicans are calling on their Democratic ...

Missouri lawmakers allowed $1 billion to be cut from the budget with no fight during their latest veto session.

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 ...

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