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A budget oversight panel created by Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan grilled members of Gov. Bruce Rauner’s administration about cuts to the current…
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Bruce Rauner froze several state grants in order to balance the budget for the current fiscal year. Now lawmakers are asking what will happen to the…
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Illinois' budget, and Gov. Bruce Rauner's influence on it, will be examined by a special legislative committee. The powerful House Speaker announced its…
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Officials with The Autism Program said they felt shock April 3, when they were told their state funding was canceled — effective immediately. The Good…
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Twenty-seven people are out of a job at Illinois' Tobacco Quitline, which means there's no one left to answer the phone.For the past 15 years, Illinois…
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Organization and business leaders say they were stunned by a Good Friday notice indicating state funding for some programs would be immediately…
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Social service agencies are reeling from sudden budget cuts. More could be on the way.Some Democrats say they were taken off guard when, two weeks after…
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Some Lawmakers say that they believed certain programs had been protected under a budget deal recently struck with the governor to fund state services…
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Illinois has until recently paid for the cost of burial of its indigent dead. That changed on Good Friday, when the administration of Gov. Bruce Rauner…
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Gov. Bruce Rauner says he choose to award business tax credits to uphold Illinois' trustworthiness with companies, but the Republican's critics are…