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The House has passed Speaker Michael Madigan's plan to cut the current budget 2.25% across the board, while allowing the governor to transfer $1.3 billion from funds earmarked for other purposes.
A federal judge says a lawsuit labor unions filed over Gov. Bruce Rauner's order ending mandatory dues for nonmembers should be heard in state court.
The Blooomington Republican wants to privatize Illinois' public schools over a six-year period, saying they need less regulation and more freedom to make decisions. It's a plan immediately criticized by the state's College Democrats.
When lawmakers in Springfield begin crafting a state budget for next year they'll have $2 billion less to work with than they had last year.
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There's a reason analysts say Illinois has the nation's lowest credit rating. It has the nation's largest unfunded pension liability. A 2013 law that’s facing a challenge before the Illinois Supreme Court is intended to help. What affect will a court ruling have on the state's credit worthiness?
An Illinois Republican has proposed changing state law to let cities and towns declare bankruptcy.
Gaps in the current year's budget mean that the state has stopped paying for its Child Care Assistance Program, and day care providers are worried about more issues in the future.
The Parkland Cobras women's basketball team reached the NJCAA Div. II runner-up position for the first time, with their Saturday night 66-64 loss to the Johnson County Cavaliers at Overland Park, Kansas.
The vote by the IHSA Board was unanimous, keeping the boys' basketball finals in Peoria's Carver Arena from 2016-2020. Tourism officials and local goverments made a bid to bring the tournament back to Champaign-Urbana, which hosted the games for 76 years.
The Illinois Department of Natural Resources is asking for more information before deciding whether to approve an Indiana company's request to build a new coal mine in eastern Illinois.
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