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Gov. Bruce Rauner has spent much of the past few years bad-mouthing the Illinois economy — saying his agenda would turn things around. But not everyone in…

More than two months after the Illinois General Assembly finally approved a state budget, Gov. Bruce Rauner is moving ahead with a plan to begin cutting…

The Illinois General Assembly is still weighing what to do in the wake of Gov. Bruce Rauner's veto of the Democrats' new approach to how the state sends…

A new analysis found that Illinois lost out on millions of dollars when it sold bonds last week. Martin Luby with the University of Illinois’ Institute of…

An influential group of business executives is declining to comment on the possibility it helped to lower Illinois' credit rating. But public employees’…

Governor Pat Quinn says Illinois' failure to solve its pension problem means the state will have to pay $130 million more in interest on bonds it sold…

The Great Recession was caused in part by overextended homebuyers who took out loans to purchase homes that cost more than they could afford. They were…