Article Summary As lawmakers put their final touches on the budget, they passed dozens of other bills in a late-night ...

Article Summary A bill to protect children online and limit their access to addictive social media features passed both chambers ...

The Clean and Reliable Grid Affordability Act incentivizes battery storage among other measures aimed at bolstering grid reliability. It creates “virtual power plants” aimed at harvesting wind and ...

Democrats largely joined together to support the Fiscal Year 2027 budget as Republicans warned the plan will harm the state’s financial picture. The budget totals about $56.9 billion and is just ...

Article Summary In an exceptionally rare move Tuesday, U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros published a “special report” containing the transcript of ...

Gov. JB Pritzker acknowledged Monday that the Chicago Bears may be on their way to Indiana. But he and Democratic leaders defended their decision not to move a bill incentivizing them to stay. The ...

SPRINGFIELD — Despite a Hail Mary heave from the Illinois Senate in the final hours of the spring legislative session, state lawmakers ultimately failed to reach the end zone on a bill incentivizing ...

Article Summary The legislative and judicial branches dealt a pair of blows to a state law banning “swipe fees” being ...

Article Summary Several educations measures were among the hundreds of bills that cleared the General Assembly before it adjourned on ...

Illinois lawmakers approved a budget after 4 a.m. Monday that includes the full $350 million increase in Evidence-Based Funding for public schools. The budget calls for just over $10.8 billion in ...

The General Assembly passed a bill early Monday that would give rideshare drivers the right to form a union. Drivers for companies like Uber and Lyft could elect union representatives and perform ...