The Illinois General Assembly has voted to approve a record-high budget for fiscal year 2027, with new taxes and lawmaker pay raises included. The $55.

Included in the recently passed state budget, the Illinois State Board of Education will get money for property tax relief. Statehouse Republicans called for the relief program to be funded after the funds were not included in the budget for the current year.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois Senate filed a more than 3,500-page spending plan late Saturday night but how it will be paid for has not been made public.

Illinois lawmakers passed a budget Monday morning that includes a full $350 million increase in Evidence-Based Funding for public schools, money earmarked specifically for the neediest school districts in the state.

The Illinois House voted 78–32 on a bill nobody in Springfield wanted to explain slowly. HB910, branded as economic development and property tax relief,

Illinois lawmakers passed a bill that further delays the implementation of the Interchange Fee Prohibition Act.

The Illinois Senate reconvenes Tuesday with four weeks left to reach a deal to keep the Bears from leaving for Indiana.

April 15 was Tax Day, a painful reminder of just how high a tax burden Illinois families and seniors pay under Governor Pritzker and his allies in the General Assembly. Let’s look at the record: Illinois is no. 1 in the nation for the highest combined ...

Gov. Pritzker spoke at a press conference following the passage of the 2027 budget.