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Illinois is chasing a moving target as it tries to dig out of the nation's worst budget crisis, and $7.5 billion worth of unpaid bills hadn't even been…
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Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner is authorizing a major borrowing plan to pay down part of the state’s nearly $15 billion dollar backlog of bills.Lawmakers…
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Increased revenues coming in to state coffers during tax season have allowed the Illinois Comptroller to release more than $800 million in payments for…
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Illinois is almost six months behind in its obligation to give millions of dollars to school districts across the state for transportation, special…
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Outgoing Illinois Comptroller Leslie Munger says lawmakers suing her to get back pay are ``cowards.''The Republican was named in a Cook County lawsuit by…
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Anxious legislators will once again see a deposit from the state of Illinois in their bank accounts. They’re getting paid tomorrow.Illinois doesn’t have…
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Illinois's overdue bills are 16 percent higher than previously reported. They could top ten billion dollars by end of the fiscal year. Comptroller Leslie…
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Expect the state to be nine billion dollars behind in paying its bills by the end of the year. That was the grim message State Comptroller Judy Baar…
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A new report from the state's comptroller finds Illinois' budget hangs in the balance of debt and need. Republican Judy Baar Topinka says companies,…
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A new report analyzing Illinois' finances has some good news and some bad news. The Chicago-based Civic Federation's report breaks down the latest…