State leaders rely on budget gimmicks and short-term fixes and they assume speculative proposals will become law and operate ...

Illinois Democrats introduced what a leading budgeteer described as a $55 billion budget Friday evening ahead of a Saturday ...

State lawmakers met Thursday to discuss how to avoid a large public transit budget shortfall and the plan that was discussed ...

under legislation pending in the Illinois House. The proposed law would require drivers to have one license plate in the rear of their vehicle, changing the current law that requires license ...

Illinois lawmakers consider a toll hike and other measures to address an expected $771 million financial shortfall for ...

As electricity costs climb, legislators push a plan to speed up solar and wind projects, end a moratorium on new nuclear ...

Lawmakers in Springfield have unveiled a bill to overhaul public transit in Illinois, but have yet to reveal how they plan to ...

Chicago-area transit agencies face a daunting budget gap if lawmakers fail to agree on a funding bill by the end of the ...

D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser’s proposed budget would scale back public health insurance coverage for undocumented immigrants ...

State Sen. Ram Villivalam presented a plan to the Senate Transportation Committee to avoid a $770 million budgetary gap in ...

New lawsuits and a proposed moratorium target Illinois’ tax-sale system, which remains unchanged two years after a key U.S.