Gov. JB Pritzker signed his seventh annual budget, balanced as promised with spending cuts, taxes and one-time revenue boosts ...

One person has died following a fiery collision Monday between a tractor trailer and a passenger car on Highway 51, according to Jackson County Sheriff's Office.

You know it’s a bad budget when it’s based on nearly $1 billion in tax increases and enhancements,” a Republican lawmaker said.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WLS) -- Governor JB Pritzker is set to sign the 2026 budget into law Monday morning. State lawmakers passed the record-setting $55 billion plan two weeks ago. It includes ...

Gov. JB Pritzker signed Illinois’ fiscal year 2026 budget into law Monday, taking shots at President Donald Trump’s budget ...

A $10.5 million road improvement project is starting in Mattoon on Monday. The Illinois Department of Transportation said the ...

A fiscal cliff and potential transit service reductions loom for Chicago and the suburbs as Illinois lawmakers determine what ...

How does society do hard things? In this first part of our new series "Hard Things," WGLT unpacks the generational project ...

Transit agency officials in Chicagoland met this week and formally began the process of planning for next year’s budget, ...

Road closures begin this week for the 2025 NASCAR Chicago Street Race, which is set for July 5-6 in Grant Park.