SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — About an hour before sunrise in Springfield on Wednesday, Illinois House Democrats rounded up the minimum number of votes needed to pass a record-breaking state budget. House ...

The 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 House ekes out $53.1 billion budget, hits state with more than $700 million in tax hikes Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s office optimistically put out a statement to celebrate the budget’s ...

CHICAGO — The proposed $53.1 billion Illinois budget has passed both chambers of the state legislature and will now head to the governor’s office to be signed into law. Following passage by t… ...

The budget proposal did not include any new sales, income, or service taxes. The House passed the $55 billion spending plan shortly after 10 p.m. Saturday, moving the measure over to the Senate.

Illinois lawmakers passed a $55.2 billion state budget for 2026 late Saturday, with new taxes on sports bets and nicotine, but no transit funding. A new $55.2 billion state budget may be more ...

Illinois legislators passed a record-high $55.1 billion state budget, which includes funding for local K-12 schools, Rockford to Chicago passenger rail service, redevelopment of the Singer Mental ...

Illinois Democrats passed a $55 billion spending plan, which includes $1 billion in tax hikes and increased spending by 38% in the last six years, while Republicans criticize the budget as ...

Illinois could lose $48 billion in Medicaid funding after Congress passed a $1 trillion budget bill, threatening coverage for ...

ROCK ISLAND COUNTY, Ill. — Illinois state lawmakers passed a $55.2 billion budget in the final hours before Saturday's deadline. It included taxes on tobacco, vapes, sports gambling and foreign ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Giving almost no time for public review, Illinois Democrats pushed through a $55.2 billion budget for next fiscal year late Saturday, bolstering coffers with new taxes on ...

The budget proposal did not include any new sales, income, or service taxes. The House passed the $55 billion spending plan shortly after 10 p.m. Saturday, moving the measure over to the Senate.