Uncertainty in federal funding under President Donald Trump's administration has made a tough state budget season even more ...

The decade-long FBI investigation that led to Madigan’s trial roiled local politics and changed the course of Illinois ...

A federal jury Wednesday convicted former House Speaker Michael Madigan, once the most powerful person in Illinois politics, of bribery conspiracy charges in a wide-ranging case alleging he ran his ...

G tax forms are now available for claimants who received unemployment insurance (UI) benefits in 2024, the Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) announced today. Claimants who collected UI ...

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has halted a key project meant to defend the Great Lakes from invasive carp, citing federal funding uncertainty.

The latest report from the Governor’s Office of Management and Budget projected Illinois is facing a $3.2 billion deficit in ...

President Donald Trump issued a full pardon for Rod Blagojevich on Monday, five years after commuting the former governor’s ...

Gov. JB Pritzker has “revised” his remarks about not raising taxes to balance the budget. “It’s very important that we live ...

These rates apply to your taxable income. Your taxable income is your income after various deductions, credits, and exemptions have been applied. There are also various tax credits, deductions and ...

Illinois spent about $815 million on the Medicaid expansion program during the last fiscal year, HFS says. The feds paid out $7.34 billion because, as noted above, they pick up 90% of the total tab, ...

It originated during the first Trump administration after state elected officials and business leaders — including Pritzker — ...