Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s 2026 budget includes record spending, cuts to economic development and overreliance on short-term ...

Chicago officials would have an additional $87 million to spend on a host of programs designed to repair the city’s tattered ...

1. Mayor Brandon Johnson’s office is intensifying its push for CPS to borrow money to avoid leaving the city in the red ...

We keep learning more highly questionable aspects of the Johnson administration’s plan to float $830 million in new bonds.

The district’s successful bond referendum in the fall generated capital funding, but the district says cuts are still likely ...

Gov. JB Pritzker on Wednesday unveiled his $55.2 billion state budget plan 2026. The spending plan would be the largest in ...

In his budget presentation in Springfield today, the governor lays out an improved economic forecast that staves off major ...

In a survey of nearly 700 likely Chicago voters last week, 3M Strategies found that almost 80% of respondents disapproved of the job Johnson was doing.

Pritzker will have to address how the state plans to cover what was projected to be a budget deficit of more than $3 billion.

The board’s vote could change the original plan, which was to save all seven Acero schools slated for closure next year.

Speaker Mike Johnson has been making progress with moderates who've raised concerns about potential Medicaid cuts, but a band of fiscal hawks are refusing to budge.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker gave his 2026 budget address on Wednesday. Here is what he asked lawmakers to approve for early childhood, ...