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The Illinois Department of Corrections says a major cash crunch has it struggling to keep its facilities running. The warning came Wednesday at a Senate…
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About 75 people attended last night’s Illinois Issues forum on the state budget at the I-Hotel in Champaign. The event was hosted by Illinois Public Media…
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Republican state Senator Kyle McCarter of Lebanon is proposing deep cuts to get to a balanced budget, without any accompanying tax hikes. The Republican’s…
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Western Illinois University says it has enough money to make it through the Spring semester. But that is not stopping the administration from developing…
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Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner is scheduled to make his third annual budget presentation this Wednesday. It comes as the top leaders in state government…
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Illinois is more than a year behind on payments to people who’ve been wronged by state government. Such individuals can seek compensation through the…
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Republican Governor Bruce Rauner is calling on more Democrats to break ranks with party leaders in order to pass a budget plan for the state. Rauner says…
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Illinois Democrats say they will NOT pass Governor Bruce Rauner's last-minute pitch for a stopgap state budget, at least not today , the final day of the…
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The budget crisis in Illinois that's crippling public universities is not being felt by K-through-12 school districts. That's because state lawmakers made…
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Seniors at Chicago State University now have their degrees after surviving a tumultuous year. The university was scheduled to close Friday because of the…