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Illinois Budget

Pritzker proposes $56B budget with minimal new spending

  • Feb 19

Pritzker to present 8th budget as IL faces federal funding uncertainty

  • Feb 16
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Pritzker directs agencies to limit spending in executive order

  • Sep 24, 2025

RTA Board shifts $74M from Metra, Pace budgets to CTA

  • Aug 22, 2025

IL lawmakers call for special session to fix $771M transit shortfall

  • Aug 21, 2025

Johnson working with CPS, unions to balance budget, seeks state help

  • Aug 5, 2025

Gov. Pritzker signs $55.2B budget reliant on $700M of new taxes

  • Jun 16, 2025

Public transit agencies begin planning for 'doomsday' funding scenario

  • Jun 14, 2025

Latest Videos

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Pritzker vetoes spending errors in IL budget, including $500B typo

  • Jun 18
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Illinois budget does not include money for Chicago-area public transit

  • Jun 2, 2025
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IL lawmakers pass $55.2B budget with new taxes, no transit funding

  • Jun 1, 2025
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IL lawmakers discuss state budget hours before deadline to pass it

  • Jun 1, 2025
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Time running out for IL lawmakers to pass state budget

  • May 31, 2025
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IL lawmakers unveil $55B spending plan with just 1 day left to pass it

  • May 31, 2025
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State lawmakers seek to avoid transit doomsday deadline as clock ticks

  • May 27, 2025
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Gov. Pritzker set to deliver budget address

  • Feb 19, 2025

Latest Stories

IL taxpayers on hook for over $1M scrapped tent meant to house Chicago migrants in 2023: budget

Taxpayers will be on the hook for more than $1 million for a giant base camp tent that was supposed to be built to house migrants back in 2023.

  • Jun 11, 2025

Mayor Johnson says sense of urgency needed for mass transit funding as city faces budget shortfall

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson added that creative revenue ideas are needed for Chicago with its looming budget problems.

  • Jun 3, 2025

Transit leaders warn of job, service cuts as Illinois budget fails to address RTA funding shortfall

Mass transit and union leaders are warning about jobs and service cuts after Illinois lawmakers passed a budget that does not address $770 million budget shortfall for the RTA.

  • Jun 2, 2025

Illinois lawmakers pass $55.2B budget with new taxes, immigrant health cuts, no transit funding

A new $55.2 billion state budget may be more significant for what is not in it than what is. Namely, an agreement on how to pay for the more than $770 million dollar shortfall the Regional Transit Authority is facing by year's end. 

  • Jun 2, 2025
BlueRoom

Illinois lawmakers discuss state budget hours before deadline to pass it

Illinois lawmakers went down to the wire as they were back on the floor Saturday for discussion to pass a budget just hours away from the deadline. A proposed $55 billion budget includes tax hikes, but there are also concerns about mass transit funding.

  • Jun 1, 2025