SPRINGFIELD (WGEM) - Illinois House Republicans believe voters sent Democrats a message at the ballot box, it’s time to ...

"The number that we are throwing around mathematically is a 40% reduction of service to meet the budget hole in '27," Metra ...

Fourth-year public institutions announced freshman enrollment is growing, but the reports show the numbers are extremely different from 10 years ago.

Mayor Brandon Johnson has said he's willing to negotiate with the City Council on his proposed budget, but wouldn't commit to ...

Illinois is at risk of getting in costly trouble with the federal government over its Tier 2 public employee retirement ...

More than 52,000 Illinois residents have been relieved of $72 million of medical debt under a state pilot program that ...

The Chicago City Council emphatically voted down Mayor Brandon Johnson’s plan to hike property taxes by $300 million Thursday, creating a yawning hole in the city’s 2025 budget that must now be closed ...

The Medical Debt Relief Pilot Program launched on July 1 – the start of the state’s 2025 fiscal year. Since then, it has ...

Elections can have important impacts on the economy, but the most important ones are preceded by some kind of revolution in ...

CHICAGO – Early childhood intervention advocates are calling on the state to increase funding by $60 million to better ...

More than $72 million worth of debt has been forgiven as part of the governor's plan to ultimately cancel $1 billion in ...