stopgap budget

The temporary Illinois budget plan agreed to last summer expires with the new year. Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner and Democrats who control the General…

By the end of this month, Illinois state government will be back to having no budget.Illinois hasn't had a true state budget for a year and five months.…

The Illinois State Fair is an unofficial start of sorts to state level campaign season in Illinois. Although — with all the money being dumped into…

Illinois lawmakers' failure to pass a complete state budget means the state is missing out on roughly $31 million it could have earned through…

Social service providers suing Gov. Bruce Rauner's administration over fallout from the budget impasse say the stop-gap budget won't have "meaningful"…

Illinois Comptroller Leslie Munger says the state's backlog of unpaid bills will be roughly $10 billion by the year's end after factoring in the temporary…

The Illinois Student Assistance Commission has warned that continued uncertainty over state funding for tuition-assistance grants could jeopardize the…

University of Illinois President Tim Killeen says he expects state leaders to adopt a full-year’s budget, once funding from a new stopgap measure runs…

Moody’s Investor Service is out with a warning that the just-passed stopgap spending plan is not enough for Illinois’ public universities.On Thursday,…