Pritzker puts final stamp on $50.4 billion state spending plan
Gov. JB Pritzker signed the state’s operating budget for the upcoming fiscal year on Wednesday, marking the first spending plan ...
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Pritzker touts new budget’s higher education spending
Gov. JB Pritzker began a tour of the state to tout the new state budget that lawmakers passed last week, ...
Budget vote brings General Assembly’s 2023 spring session to a close
The 2023 spring legislative session came to an end in the early hours of Saturday morning after the Illinois House ...
Senate Democrats send budget to House, teeing it up for early Saturday morning vote
The Illinois House is planning to work until the early hours of Saturday morning to finalize a $50.6 billion state ...
Top Democrats announce budget ‘deal,’ but details are scant as last-minute negotiations continue
Gov. JB Pritzker and Democratic leaders announced Wednesday they’ve agreed to a framework for next year’s roughly $50 billion state ...
As budget negotiations continue, Pritzker announces launch of stalled tax incentive program
As budget negotiations for the coming fiscal year continued behind closed doors Wednesday, Gov. JB Pritzker’s office announced it would ...
Expected cost for Illinois’ noncitizen health care program grows to $1.1 billion
The estimated cost for Illinois to continue providing health care coverage to noncitizens who are otherwise ineligible for Medicaid benefits ...
Transit agencies look to the state to help make up projected $730 million budget gap
Illinois transit agencies project a $730 million budget deficit by 2026 and urge lawmakers to reform funding models to sustain ...
Pritzker: Tax cuts on the table if state revenues continue to exceed expectations
With two months to go before the legislature adjourns and current-year revenues continuing to smash expectations, Gov. JB Pritzker said ...
ANALYSIS: State revenue projections increase again in fiscal year’s final stretch
With two months to go before the adjournment of Illinois’ spring legislative session, Gov. JB Pritzker’s state budgeting task may ...
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