General Assembly

Illinois’ latest budget misses the mark in several key areas, according to one independent nonprofit fiscal analyst.

Central Illinois lawmakers had predictably partisan reactions to the official state budget for the next fiscal year. The budget includes $55.2 billion in spending, a 3.9% increase. Revenue estimates total $55.3 billion, with $1 billion in new taxes on nicotine products, sports betting, and businesses.

SB 98 would amend the Illinois School Code to implement a mandatory one-year expulsion for any public school student who is determined by that district’s school board to have committed sexual assault, sexual harassment or engaged in a sexual activity without the consent of the other person.

Three Republicans are vying in the March primary to replace retiring state senator Win Stoller in the solid red 37th district.

Hundreds of students, parents, teachers and clergy members gathered at St. Mark’s School last Thursday to ask Democratic lawmakers to support extending the controversial Invest in Kids Act.

Republican Desi Anderson on Tuesday announced a 2024 run against first-term Democratic state Rep. Sharon Chung in an Illinois House district that includes parts of Greater Peoria and Bloomington-Normal.

Gov. JB Pritzker issued an amendatory veto Wednesday on an energy omnibus bill passed during the legislative session.

You don't usually find Democrats picking up the gauntlet to weaken provisions of a law originally intended to prevent the concentration of capital into hereditary wealthy elites. But State Sen. Dave Koehler of Peoria said there's a sound economic development reason to do so.

A proposal in the Illinois General Assembly could add new taxes and regulations to the sale of Delta 8.

A federal jury on Tuesday convicted three ex-lobbyists and the former CEO of electric utility Commonwealth Edison for their involvement in an alleged bribery scheme aimed at longtime Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan.