Illinois Budget

Revenues – excluding federal stimulus funds – outperformed estimates by $12B over past 2 years

On the next CapitolView, from US Supreme Court decisions to potential future cases, Election 2024 and more. We’ll discuss the latest Illinois political news with our expert panel.

Self-described ‘party pooper’ comptroller eyes socking away even more in coming years

President Joe Biden visits Illinois, Gov. JB Pritzker signs a new law that’ll make big changes to insurance coverage, Illinois’ Assault Weapons Ban goes to court, and the Chicago Bears are still looking for a new home. All those issues and more round out the week’s news and politics for June 30, 2023.

Budget includes investments in education, violence prevention and business incentives

JB Pritzker visited the SIU Carbondale campus on Thursday

MAP grant increase will make community college tuition-free for many

House gives final OK to $50.6 billion spending plan

Advocates differ on language requiring strict pass-through of state funding to staff

Administration, juggling dozens of big-money funding requests, pledges spending won’t exceed revenue