Public employees hired since 2011 must continue to wait for pension reform after Illinois lawmakers declined to take up the issue during the spring session.

The push for an energy reform package grew out of a growing sense of concern that the state won’t be able to meet its ...

Illinois has put its cannabis retail permitting on hold indefinitely as it searches for solutions to help struggling small ...

Four bills creating the new budget included thousands of pages of detail also submitted in the final 48 hours of the ...

Ashok Selvam is the regional editor for Eater Midwest and in charge of coverage in Chicago, Detroit, and the Twin Cities.

Illinois lawmakers have approved a $55.2 billion budget with new taxes on sports betting and nicotine, plus cuts to immigrant ...

Legislation to reform mass transit around Chicago passed the Illinois Senate 32-22 shortly late Saturday, but the measure — ...

WGN Political Reporter Tahman Bradley reports from Springfield on the final details of the state budget and other measures debated during the end of the legislative session.

Giving almost no time for public review, Illinois Democrats pushed through a $55.2 billion budget for next fiscal year late ...

Illinois lawmakers went down to the wire as they were back on the floor Saturday for discussion to pass a budget just hours ...

The delivery tax replaces previous revenue streams loathed by the suburbs and labor, but faces resistance of its own.