By BEN SZALINSKI & JERRY NOWICKI Capitol News Illinois news@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD - Gov. JB Pritzker said Wednesday he will not sign a budget that includes broad tax hikes to fund new spending as lawmakers are in the final hours of budget negotiations. "Anything that's broad-based and would have ...

The Illinois State Fair Box Office opens for in-person ticket purchases Monday, June 2. Regular box office hours are 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Monday through Friday. However, for one day only on June 2, all in-person buyers will receive one free adult admission ticket for every concert and/or event ticket purchased, making ent...

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal court on Wednesday blocked President Donald Trump from imposing sweeping tariffs on imports under an emergency-powers law, swiftly throwing into doubt Trump's signature set of economic policies that have rattled global financial markets, f...

by Illinois Answers Project, Capitol News Illinois May 28, 2025 by Madison Hopkins and Meredith Newman Illinois Answers Project CHICAGO - A single mother in Kenwood changed jobs in order to find child care - even though it meant possibly working fewer hours and less pay. A couple in Park Ridge has paid so much for care...

Illinois will in short order join a number of states in eliminating the 150-hour rule from accounting certification: one of the bills to reach Governor JB Pritzker's desk is one which opens up new pathways for accountants to receive their Certified Public Accounting license. Earlier this year Ohio passed a similar law ...

By ANDREW ADAMS Capitol News Illinois aadams@capitolnewsillinois.com Customers around Illinois will see significantly higher prices on their electric bills next month. The average residential customer of northern Illinois' Commonwealth Edison will pay about $10.60 per month more this summer, according to a company stat...

The State of Illinois released on Thursday afternoon the various unemployment rates and bits of data from the U.S. BLS and IDES regarding the state for the month of April. As it noted: "For the second month in a row, the unemployment rate decreased in eleven metro areas and increased in one over-the-year for the y...

This month the Springfield City Council approved City Water, Light and Power's proposal for a 25-year purchase power agreement for 25 MW of solar energy and capacity. The contract with Sangamon Solar LLC will be fulfilled by an upcoming 100 MW, 750-acre solar installation to be built in Sangamon County south of Chatham...

A new statewide poll released to the public on Tuesday revealed that an overwhelming majority of Illinois voters support providing taxpayer-funded, free, and healthy school meals to all public school students, even when informed that it would require a new tax. The report noted, "That this strong consensus transce...

The Illinois Central Management Services (CMS) announced on Tuesday morning that the State of Illinois has recently achieved what they note as "historic outcomes," in building up its workforce, increasing the total employee count of the state from 50,544 in 2019 to 55,340 in 2025 - the highest number of stat...