Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi announced the filing of a new bill in the Illinois Legislature aimed at providing property ...

Illinoisans pay the second-highest gas taxes in the nation at more than $0.84 per gallon. Only California charges its drivers ...

Cities aren’t just facing rising costs – they’re also losing revenues. In many U.S. cities, retail and commercial office economies are declining. Developers have overbuilt commercial properties, ...

In his budget and State of the State Address, Gov. J.B. Pritzker invoked the rise of Nazi German in criticizing the Trump ...

Gov. JB Pritzker’s fiscal 2026 budget proposal doesn’t raise taxes and zeroes out a costly program providing healthcare to ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WLS) -- Gov. JB Pritzker has proposed growing spending by about $2 billion without new income or service ...

Ald. Bill Conway and Ald. Anthony Beale teamed up to delay the vote on the bond issue for one meeting. Conway has complained ...

The Democratic governor also peppered his seventh budget blueprint — which Republicans derided as the largest in state ...

Chicago’s city council has tabled consideration of an $830 million bond issue favored by the mayor. Mayor Brandon Johnson wanted the bond money for infrastructure projects, even though the additional ...

Gov. JB Pritzker on Wednesday unveiled a $55.2 billion spending plan with an unexpected “budget surplus” — but noted the ...

Gov. J.B. Pritzker gave his 2026 budget address on Wednesday. Here is what he asked lawmakers to approve for early childhood, ...

The City Council is scheduled to take a final vote on the general obligation bond issue at Wednesday’s meeting, but any two ...