Some express concern the state can’t offset federal funding cuts.

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Gov. JB Pritzker presented his spending plan to lawmakers this week. We discuss the package and the reaction to it.

Illinois lawmakers were caught off guard by the team’s embrace of Indiana effort

In Illinois, six grant awards to the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and the University of Illinois-Chicago that are collectively worth over $20 million — which Raoul said are to “make the electricity grid more reliable and resilient, reduce carbon emissions, and utilize domestic sources of rare earth elements and critical minerals” — were on the chopping block.

This year’s address was marked by minimal discretionary growth, rising federal tensions and over twenty references to the power of love.

Gov. JB Pritzker spoke before a join session of the Illinois General Assembly Wednesday Feb. 18, 2026.

Republican leaders called the proposal ‘extreme’ and said it is a no go

He is one of four candidates vying for the chance to unseat Pritzker

Former U.S. National Archives director, Colleen Shogan, appeared at the 2025 UIS Beaumont Endowed Lincoln Legacy Lecture Series to discuss the integrity of our national legacy.