Moore said 42 of 72 House Republicans said they would vote for the budget with gambling included, but that he did not have enough Democratic support to get to the 61 votes needed to pass the 120 ...
Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said Friday that he still hopes to pass a Republican-only short-term spending bill next ...
AT THE TABLE: The Chicago mayor’s office has been talking regularly, including this week, to Springfield lawmakers about how the Illinois General Assembly might be able to help Chicago as it ...
The benefits of pension reform over time outweigh any upfront monetary or political cost. Surely the governor can make that ...
The assembly passes amendments to the state’s two-year budget every odd year, but this year, the House and Senate continued debating the budget past the July 1 deadline, the start of the fiscal ...
Editor’s note: This is Part Four of a five-part series. In an effort to help fix the state of Illinois’ burdensome pension ...
Already two months late, final negotiations on the North Carolina budget are happening this weekend between the most powerful politicians in the state. By Monday afternoon, Republican legislators ...
Virginia lawmakers have passed a final budget for fiscal year 2024, finding compromises on tax cuts and new spending initiatives after months of debate between the state's politically divided ...
The House passed a bill banning states from implementing laws that would ban or limit the sale of gas-powered vehicles, marking Republicans' latest efforts to stymie Democrats' environmental agenda.
The top Republican in the state Senate on Tuesday accused his GOP colleagues in the House of breaking an agreement to include a proposal to expand gambling in a budget compromise — putting in ...
An Illinois man was sentenced on Friday to 35 years in prison for bludgeoning his brother's girlfriend with a hammer, sexually assaulting her and setting the couple's home on fire in 2017.
Already two months late, final negotiations on the North Carolina budget are happening this weekend between the most powerful politicians in the state. By Monday afternoon, Republican legislators ...
