Both houses of the legislature have passed a bill that would greatly expand legalized gambling throughout the state.
Credit ratings agency Moody’s says the state’s public schools and local municipalities walk away as the biggest winners from Illinois’ newly enacted budget and coming infrastructure spending but make no mention of any potential upgrade to the state’s near-junk credit rating.
A new analysis of Illinois’ proposed progressive income tax rates found the state would have steeper rate increases among higher income brackets than other states with graduated income tax structures, something the authors said “punishes” wealthy Illinoisans.
Illinois' largest state employee union is poised to keep its workers among the highest-paid state employees in the nation – with wages surpassing the average private-sector employee in the state – under the terms of a pending four-year contract deal.
A millionaire businessman and former Chicago mayoral candidate criticized fellow Democrat Gov. J.B. Pritzker for passing a budget and infrastructure tax hikes that he said don’t help Illinois’ working class.
Illinois last state in nation to file official budget report
A measure that could be sent to the governor soon would bring some changes to the private foundation that supports the public Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum.
Illinois is the only state in America that has yet to release its official report from fiscal year 2018 and state officials don’t yet know when it will be released.
Republicans and Democrats sang the same song at the Statehouse after rapidly passing the largest budget in state history.
A measure ready to be sent to Gov. J.B. Pritzker would make things easier for some gun owners and exempts a state-run gun range from having to complying with a different law that some gun store owners have blamed, at least in part, for their decision to close shop.
Both houses of the legislature have passed a bill that would greatly expand legalized gambling throughout the state.
Credit ratings agency Moody’s says the state’s public schools and local municipalities walk away as the biggest winners from Illinois’ newly enacted budget and coming infrastructure spending but make no mention of any potential upgrade to the state’s near-junk credit rating.
A new analysis of Illinois’ proposed progressive income tax rates found the state would have steeper rate increases among higher income brackets than other states with graduated income tax structures, something the authors said “punishes” wealthy Illinoisans.
Illinois' largest state employee union is poised to keep its workers among the highest-paid state employees in the nation – with wages surpassing the average private-sector employee in the state – under the terms of a pending four-year contract deal.
A millionaire businessman and former Chicago mayoral candidate criticized fellow Democrat Gov. J.B. Pritzker for passing a budget and infrastructure tax hikes that he said don’t help Illinois’ working class.
Illinois last state in nation to file official budget report
A measure that could be sent to the governor soon would bring some changes to the private foundation that supports the public Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum.
Illinois is the only state in America that has yet to release its official report from fiscal year 2018 and state officials don’t yet know when it will be released.
Republicans and Democrats sang the same song at the Statehouse after rapidly passing the largest budget in state history.
A measure ready to be sent to Gov. J.B. Pritzker would make things easier for some gun owners and exempts a state-run gun range from having to complying with a different law that some gun store owners have blamed, at least in part, for their decision to close shop.
A group of Republican lawmakers called out party leaders for backing a measure to double the state's gas tax and hike vehicle registration fees to pay for statewide road projects.
