State and local leaders in Lincoln are excited that Gov. JB Pritzker is proposing to use budget funding to demolish the ...

Host Sean Crawford is joined by Professor Emeritus Charlie Wheeler and Capitol News Illinois' Ben Szalinski. The former ...

Washington's threats to state and local government funding took center stage when Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker delivered his seventh budget.

The Lee County Sheriff’s Office says the chairperson of the Board of Supervisors was cited for public intoxication. Tom ...

Two months ago, state budgeteers were crying the blues over a projected $3 billion-plus budget deficit for the 2025-26 fiscal ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WLS) -- Gov. JB Pritzker is getting attention on the national stage for speaking out against President ...

Republican area legislators who represent the region are all critical of the Governor’s budget proposal.

After Gov. J.B. Pritzker proposed a budget anticipating $55.4 billion in state taxpayer funds, the process of coming to a ...

Gov. JB Pritzker on Wednesday unveiled his $55.2 billion state budget plan 2026. The spending plan would be the largest in ...

SPRINGFIELD State higher education leaders are pleased with Governor JB Pritzker’s proposed fiscal year 2026 budget, which ...

Central Illinois lawmakers had mixed reactions to Gov. JB Pritzker’s State of the State and budget address. Some said they ...

Governor J.B. Pritzker delivered his seventh annual Budget Address to a joint session of the General Assembly, where ...