Illinois Insights

ILLINOIS AROUND THE STATE Illinois schools turn to retirees, substitutes, outsourcing & state grants to combat prolonged teacher shortage  “From hiring retired educators to...

ILLINOIS AROUND THE STATE Gov. JB Pritzker’s $300M proposal seeks to attract developers to abandoned sites that now draw only vandals  “The Pritzker administration...

ILLINOIS AROUND THE STATE Legislative revenue estimate more than $700M lower than Pritzker’s proposed budget  “The General Assembly’s bipartisan Commission on Government Forecasting and...

ILLINOIS AROUND THE STATE Gov. Pritzker Proposes Expanding Access to Four-Year Degrees at Community Colleges “Today, Governor JB Pritzker joined students and leadership from...

ILLINOIS AROUND THE STATE Pritzker and Illinois Dems say the state is being shorted $1.9B by Trump  “Gov. JB Pritzker and most of the...

ILLINOIS AROUND THE STATE Pritzker proposes $500M to turn state properties into development-ready sites  “A $500 million proposal by Gov. JB Pritzker to turn...

Gov. Pritzker Gives 2025 Budget Address  On Wednesday, February 19, Governor J.B. Pritzker delivered his seventh annual Budget Address to a joint session of...

ILLINOIS AROUND THE STATE Pritzker must address multi-billion-dollar deficit amid federal funding uncertainty  “Gov. JB Pritzker will present his seventh budget proposal Wednesday as...

ILLINOIS AROUND THE STATE Civic Federation Says Illinois Should Extend Sales Tax to Services to Help Bridge $3B Budget Deficit “Illinois should extend its...