With two of the state’s three major revenue sources limping along, Illinois is finding itself on a financial precipice as it faces the new budget year beginning July 1.

Senate Bill 1699 would require the Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) to submit a detailed annual report to lawmakers on how much the state spends on services and resources for non-citizens.

Reynolds was one of three speakers at the “Rightsizing Government” hearing alongside Thomas Schatz, the president of Citizens Against Government Waste, a fiscally conservative nonprofit, and William ...

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker signed a new bill this week that gives the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) more flexibility in certifying grandparents and other relatives as safe ...

With Illinois facing a $3.2 billion budget deficit, Senate Republicans are once again demanding answers about how much taxpayer money is being spent on programs for non-citizens. At a Tuesday ...

Larry McClellan, a founding professor at Governors State University, has spent decades researching, writing and speaking ...

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker has signed the Kinship in Demand (KIND) Act, a new law aimed at helping grandparents and other ...

Inspired by President Donald Trump's call to round up immigrants who are in the country illegally, Republican governors would send their National Guard troops into Democratic-led states without those ...

More than 40,000 federal civilian employees in Illinois must decide by Thursday whether to accept or turn down the offer.

State Senate Republicans urge to add more transparency to the amount of taxpayer money being used in welfare programs for ...

Illinois Sen. Dave Syverson (R-Cherry Valley) was joined by other Republican lawmakers to demand to know how much taxpayer money is being spent on programs for ...

Multiple U.S. states advance Bitcoin reserve legislation while the Czech central bank plans to invest billions in digital ...