Monique Garcia

When Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner tours a business, talks with employees and stresses the importance of his economic agenda and frustration at Democratic opposition, taxpayers typically cover the cost as...

House Democrats on Thursday approved another one-time spending plan to provide about $815 million to universities and social service groups left gasping for air during the state's historic budget impasse,...

Illinois House Democrats on Wednesday advanced a plan to rush more than $815 million to state universities and social service providers, but that money might not arrive anytime soon because...

Democratic Comptroller Susana Mendoza on Friday called on Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner and a WGN radio host to apologize for the media personality's suggestion that the governor put duct tape...

A credit ratings agency is again raising the alarm over Illinois' historic budget impasse, saying a failure to put in place a complete spending plan by the end of the...

Nearly two years into an unprecedented state budget stalemate, a group of Democratic lawmakers Wednesday unveiled a legislative agenda of their own, saying "we wanted to be for something" instead...

Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan pushed back Tuesday on Gov. Bruce Rauner's recent assertion that Democrats who control the General Assembly are holding up the sale of the state's Thompson...