Jerry Nowicki

Governor’s budget fills previously projected deficit with changes to tax code.

$1.8 billion in state tax revenues would reduce employer burden by estimated $915 million

Fairgrounds seeing $58.1 million of state investment from Rebuild Illinois plan.

Los demócratas en la Asamblea General el viernes describieron propuestas de inversión comunitaria que, según dicen, serán parte de un paquete más amplio de reducción del crimen que aún se está negociando cuando la sesión entra en su última semana.

Many of the proposals will need funding when the state approves a budget this week

Crime intervention package still evolving in final week of session, sponsors say

Includes direct checks to Illinoisans, expands on Pritzker proposal by $800 million

Consumer habits, federal unemployment increases helped drive tax revenues upward

Two of the state’s top officials each held news conferences Monday morning to outline current and proposed responses to increasing crime, including expressway shootings and organized retail thefts.

Lawsuit centers on a state law passed on final day of 2014 legislative session