budget

Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner joined us on the show this week to discuss where we stand in Springfield on getting a budget deal done. Rauner stressed to us that he's open to negotiate as long as lawmakers agree to go along with portions of his Turnaround Agenda...

The consequences of a lack of a budget in Springfield are beginning to show themselves in DeKalb. According to The Daily Chronicle, construction has stopped on a $27.4 million classroom building at Northern Illinois University. An NIU spokesman says the state's Capital Development Board is fully funding the project, but must now operate under an order from Gov...

We last talked with Tom Cross as his campaigned for Illinois Treasurer, a race he lost by the slimmest of margins. During his years in the state House we developed a nice rapport with him and were glad to welcome him back to the show this week to discuss the budget fight in Springfield and the developing Illinois U...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois lawmakers continue action in Springfield Wednesday with fewer options to break a budget impasse with Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner. Senate Democrats pushed Tuesday to override Rauner's rejection of a $36 billion spending plan...

John Gregory -- Illinois Radio Network State workers could be getting their full paychecks next week after all. The comptroller’s office has been ordered to fully pay state employees by a judge in St. Clair County. The verbal order came from 13 public employee unions suing Comptroller Leslie Munger, arguing if the state doesn’t pay full wages, its impairing the contracts under their unions’ collec

Will Stevenson -- Illinois Radio Network The thoughts of House Speaker Michael Madigan following the latest House session -- which resulted in a one-month budget getting passed -- sound awfully familiar. Madigan says he knows Governor Bruce Rauner won't sign the one-month plan, and that the House will stay in session all summer until everyone plays nice...

Dave Dahl -- Illinois Radio Network The governor has promised not to sign a temporary budget, and the Illinois House may well give him a chance to make good on his word today. A $2.3 billion, one-month budget, which has already passed the Senate, is being derided as simply one-twelfth of the Democratic-passed spending plan the governor has already vetoed; a budget which is $4 billion out of balanc

CHICAGO (AP) — An advocate for children in the Illinois child-protection system will ask a federal judge Tuesday to order the state to continue funding its services despite the budget deadlock in the state capital. The American Civil Liberties Union says it needs a U...

State Rep. Joe Sosnowski joined us on the show this week to discuss what a lack of budget means for the state of Illinois. He also outlined what an average person might notice due to the partial shutdown and when a resolution might be in sight...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois lawmakers plan to adopt a one-month temporary budget Wednesday to avoid a partial government shutdown on the first day of the fiscal year. House Speaker Michael Madigan plans to shepherd a $2.3 billion plan to provide state police protection, operate veterans homes, provide nutrition for the elderly and more...