illinois budget

Like it or not, Illinois workers will have to endure an 32% increase in their income tax when they get their next paycheck this month, but there's another tax increase no one is talking about. This one amounts to a whopping $95 million dollars.

If you're wondering just how much this new 32% tax hike will cost you, this simple calculator will tell you.

We asked Rockford residents to describe how they feel about Illinois' new budget in four words; these were the best responses.

John Gregory -- Illinois Radio Network If legislative leaders and Gov. Bruce Rauner are going to meet in public on the budget stalemate, who should set the agenda? The answers you get depend on which party you’re asking. The same civic advocacy groups who asked for a public meeting to be held want a “bipartisan agenda” to guide it...

Have you heard? Illinois still doesn't have a budget in place. I know. Hard to believe, right? Rockford native & Chicago Tribune editorial board member Kristen McQueary joined the show this week to discuss Illinois' budget crisis and the proposed public negotiation sessions between the Governor and legislative leaders. As...

Michel Kiser -- Illinois Radio Network Former Illinois governor Pat Quinn says he's disappointed that there still isn't a state budget in place...as we are now in the fourth month of the fiscal year. Quinn was in Champaign for an event celebrating the new Chez Family Foundation Center for Wounded Veterans in Higher Education at the University of Illinois...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois residents seeking help through their local emergency 911 systems may be on their own if the budget fight between Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner and Democrats in the Legislature continues. The Springfield bureau of Lee Enterprise newspapers reports that without a budget in place, emergency call systems are no longer receiving revenue from a tax on cell phone users...

There's a lot happening in Springfield this week as lawmakers attempt a fix for the current fiscal year's budget and conduct hearings on a numbers of issues that impact the 2016 spending plan. State Senator Tim Bivins joined us on the show this week to discuss a number of topics...

If it’s Monday it means I need to shave and I have to wear pants. Why? Because it’s TV Day, when I get to join our friends at Eyewitness News! Today Matt, Kristin, and I discussed the "pet projects" included in the newly-signed Illinois budget...