Budget + Tax
Illinois uses temporary federal aid to fund ongoing social programs
Illinois lawmakers diverted at least $74 million in one-time pandemic relief funds to select social programs and nonprofits. Illinois state lawmakers are putting at least $74 million in temporary federal pandemic aid to ongoing social…
Pritzker proposes record-setting $56 billion budget
Spending proposal features $1 billion in updated revenue assumptions, $589 million in tax and…
Illinois’ increased revenue because of federal economy,…
Higher tax revenue paints a better picture for Illinois’ budget, but increases have been…
Illinois spends $4.4M on podcast, music studios
Illinois’ broken budgeting process allows legislators to hand taxpayer money to podcasting…
Illinois “spending cuts” aren’t from good behavior
Illinois lawmakers claim the state saved nearly $500 million in fiscal year 2026, but most…
Commuter changed jobs to avoid tolls, warns of rate hikes
State lawmakers voted to hike road tolls in 2027, even though the state has billions in the road fund it’s not using. Some drivers are reconsidering their commutes; Laura Valdez explains why she cut toll roads out of her routine years…
Illinois gives $45M to select business groups
Some Illinois lawmakers handed money to their local business associations. Should everyone’s…
Illinois county updated tax sale, participation dropped
White County joined Rock Island in altering tax sale rules to stop equity theft. The moves…
Illinois gives $1.5M to ICE opponents
Illinois lawmakers funded a Hispanic chamber of commerce connected to Gov. J.B. Pritzker. Its…
Illinois No. 3 in U.S. for high gas taxes
Illinoisans pay the third-highest gas taxes in the nation at nearly $0.85 per gallon.…
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