State lawmakers built Illinois’ record $55.2 billion budget for 2026 on gimmicks, one-time fixes and piecemeal tax hikes.

After months of grave warnings by Chicago-area transit leaders, unions and commuters, the Illinois General Assembly passed a ...

There is plenty in the newly approved Illinois budget to wring one’s hands over, but for the suburbs specifically, perhaps ...

Civic Federation President Joe Ferguson says lawmakers made too many short-term decisions that could make future fiscal years more challenging.

State lawmakers missed a deadline Saturday to fill a $770 million budget gap being faced by the Regional Transportation ...

With public transit agencies in Chicagoland facing a fiscal cliff and the potential for thousands of layoffs, the state did ...

The Chicago area is facing the prospect of bleak service cuts to public transit if Illinois legislators adjourn this weekend ...

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

A funding crisis, the result of the refusal of Democrats and Republicans to tax the wealthy, threatens catastrophic service ...

Illinois state lawmakers spent hours on Thursday debating a proposal to overhaul the state's mass transit systems, though ...

Legislators were unable to hash out a solution for Chicago's transit crisis before leaving Springfield on Saturday at the end ...

Budget talks took up most of the political bandwidth in the waning hours of the legislative session, leaving the big transit ...