If Congress doesn’t pass a federal spending bill by Oct. 1, agency closures will disrupt numerous routine functions for ...

Pat Nabong/Sun-Times Illinois became the first state in the nation Monday to completely remove cash bail as a condition to be released ahead of a criminal trial. Here’s how the new system will ...

The benefits of pension reform over time outweigh any upfront monetary or political cost. Surely the governor can make that ...

Tucked into the state’s $30 million draft budget proposal — which passed the House Thursday — is a provision that could allow ...

AT THE TABLE: The Chicago mayor’s office has been talking regularly, including this week, to Springfield lawmakers about how the Illinois ... the budget and possible avenues for the state ...

Illinois on Thursday, July 20, 2023. On Sept. 14, the House of Representatives passed the Preserving Choice in Vehicle Purchases Act to block state attempts to eliminate the sale of gas-powered cars.

The same goes for other plans, such as the reamortization of pension debt proposed by the Center for Tax and Budget ... a ...

After the House reviews the bill through committee hearings and makes changes to align the budget with their priorities, the bill goes to the Ohio Senate to repeat the process. The budget has to be ...

though the state government is funded at last year's levels and remains open. Lawmakers had hoped to have a budget by July 4. Both the House and Senate have passed their own budgets and have ...

RALEIGH — North Carolina Republican legislative leaders ditched late Tuesday efforts this year to dramatically multiply legal gambling in the state ... they will pass a final budget without ...

(AP) — North Carolina Republican legislative leaders ditched efforts this year to dramatically multiply legal gambling in the state, announcing Tuesday that they will instead pass a final budget ...

North Carolina House Speaker Tim Moore ... to dramatically multiply legal gambling in the state and that instead, they would pass a final budget that also will trigger Medicaid coverage to ...