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Gov. J.B. Pritzker signs a $46 billion budget that features $1.8 billion in tax relief and supports education, healthcare and human services with historic investments at the Emil & Patricia A. Jones Convocation Center on the campus of Chicago State University on April 19, 2022.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker takes shot at GOP as he signs $46B election-year budget, $1.8B in largely temporary tax relief

April 20, 2022 at 9:31 a.m.

Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker criticized Republicans for not supporting efforts to stabilize the state's shaky finances on Tuesday as he signed a $46 billion budget and $1.8 billion in largely...

The Mobil gas station in Chicago's Humboldt Park neighborhood on March 31, 2022.

Politics at the pump: Democrats’ election-year plan to pause gas tax hike sparks backlash from station owners

April 17, 2022 at 4:14 p.m.

By the Fourth of July, Illinois drivers likely will be greeted at the gas pump by 4-by-8-inch signs informing them that as they fill their tanks, they're actually saving money,...

The Illinois State Board of Education is "in communication with CPS about an extended repayment period," the state agency said. A classroom in CPS' Woodson South Elementary School in Bronzeville is shown in 2019.

Chicago Public Schools asked to repay $87 million it got from ‘coding error’; state funds were due to other Illinois districts

April 11, 2022 at 9:36 a.m.

The state of Illinois will distribute $87.5 million to hundreds of school districts that were underpaid because of a "coding error" — while seeking repayment from Chicago Public Schools, which...

Gov. J.B. Pritzker speaks as Senate President Don Harmon listens outside the governor's office at the Illinois State Capitol on April 7, 2022.

Election-year politics make crime, inflation top issues in shortened legislative session

April 10, 2022 at 9:50 a.m.

Republican state lawmakers, outnumbered and looking to boost their relevance, had one goal for the election-year legislative session — to paint majority Democrats as soft-on-crime and anti-police. Democrats, sensing political...

The senate during a hearing at the State Capitol building in Springfield, April 7, 2022.

Illinois lawmakers approve crime package, $46.5 billion budget in marathon final day of session

April 9, 2022 at 11:39 a.m.

Illinois lawmakers early Saturday approved a $46.5 billion budget that includes $1.8 billion in largely temporary election-year tax relief and a $1 billion deposit into the state's rainy day fund....

Then-Calumet City Ald. Thaddeus Jones leaves the Downey Park polling place after voting in 2003. Jones, who is now a state representative, is under investigation over tax issues involving campaign funds, according to sources.

State Rep. Thaddeus Jones under federal investigation involving campaign funds

April 8, 2022 at 7:46 p.m.

Illinois state Rep. Thaddeus Jones, who doubles as the mayor of Calumet City, is under federal criminal investigation for tax issues involving his campaign funds, according to a law enforcement...

Illinois state Rep. Emanuel "Chris" Welch, flanked by Gov. J.B. Pritzker, left, and Senate President Don Harmon, at the State Capital building in Springfield on April 7, 2022.

Democrats agree on election-year state budget with $1.8 billion in largely temporary tax relief

April 8, 2022 at 1:52 p.m.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Democratic legislative leaders announced an agreement Thursday on an election-year state budget that would include more than $1.8 billion in largely temporary tax relief while paying...

View of the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield on March 7, 2022.

Illinois House Democrats unveil $1.3 billion tax relief plan, $45.7 billion budget, but talks with Senate, Pritzker ongoing

April 6, 2022 at 10:10 p.m.

Hewing closely to proposals from Gov. J.B. Pritzker, Illinois House Democrats on Wednesday made their opening public bid for a state budget and election-year tax relief but didn't call the...

Democrats offer another anti-crime proposal, this one on carjackings. Pritzker says ‘We are making progress’

April 5, 2022 at 6:53 p.m.

Democrats who control the Illinois legislature on Tuesday continued searching for common ground on issues ranging from temporary tax relief to crime as the clock winds down on a truncated...

Gov. J.B. Pritzker is joined by lawmakers and community advocates as he signs HB 3653, a sweeping criminal justice and police reform bill, on Feb. 22, 2021, at Chicago State University.

Crime and budget are top of mind for Illinois lawmakers as session wraps up Friday

April 3, 2022 at 10:40 a.m.

With their condensed election-year session set to wrap up Friday, Illinois lawmakers are eager to leave Springfield for the campaign trail. But they'll first have to address concerns about crime...

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