The Illinois Senate Appropriations Committee chair says greater federal scrutiny of state government spending will not change ...

The state of Illinois says it has come up with a nearly half-billion-dollar cushion against anticipated shortfalls and ...

Illinois’ rushed, closed-door budgeting process funded $700,000 in taxpayer dollars to a research group promoting ...

Illinois’ broken budgeting process allowed state lawmakers to spend $2.6 million on tennis and pickleball courts.

(The Center Square) – As Illinois state senators return to Springfield, Democrats and Republicans disagree over the level of transparency in the state’s budget process. The state Senate’s first ...

SPRINGFIELD — The board that governs higher education in Illinois voted Wednesday to request $2.7 billion in general revenue ...