SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois’ latest budget misses the mark in several key areas, according to one independent nonprofit ...

State lawmakers built Illinois’ record $55.2 billion budget for 2026 on gimmicks, one-time fixes and piecemeal tax hikes.

With emergency federal aid drying up and ridership still below pre-pandemic levels, transit agencies in Chicago and ...

There’s no sign that anyone in Springfield or Chicago City Hall is willing to make the hard choices real leaders are supposed ...

There is plenty in the newly approved Illinois budget to wring one’s hands over, but for the suburbs specifically, perhaps ...

Illinois transit agencies face service cuts after a major funding bill stalled in the House over controversial taxes.

A funding crisis, the result of the refusal of Democrats and Republicans to tax the wealthy, threatens catastrophic service ...

Budget talks took up most of the political bandwidth in the waning hours of the legislative session, leaving the big transit ...

Efforts to incentivize battery storage, restart nuclear development and regulate data centers fizzled. The legislature may ...

Rideshare, delivery and digital ad taxes were left out of Illinois’ new budget, but business leaders warn the fight could ...

Legislators were unable to hash out a solution for Chicago's transit crisis before leaving Springfield on Saturday at the end ...

State lawmakers missed a deadline Saturday to fill a $770 million budget gap being faced by the Regional Transportation ...