Illinois Insights

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...

ILLINOIS AROUND THE STATE Judge declines to extend ‘swipe fee’ injunction to credit unions, applies it to out-of-state banks  “A federal judge on Thursday...

ILLINOIS AROUND THE STATE Illinois House Republicans demand Pritzker cut migrant services  “Illinois House Republicans want to cut migrant services as a way to...

ILLINOIS AROUND THE STATE Heading into budget season, Gov. JB Pritzker faces major challenge to show ‘Illinois can govern itself’ “With Gov. JB Pritzker...

ILLINOIS AROUND THE STATE Pritzker says Trump federal funding freeze was no accident  “As a legal battle started playing out over the Trump administration’s...

ILLINOIS AROUND THE STATE New state transportation boss looking to cure Kennedy construction ‘headache,’ focus on speeding up projects “Gia Biagi has been at...

ILLINOIS AROUND THE STATE Reforming Tier 2 pensions could cost the state $30 billion, actuary says  “A new Illinois pension reform bill would increase...