It’s no surprise to anyone here that Irvine is not only a fantastic place to live, but a fantastic place to work.

New Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot gets no honeymoon. Instead, she inherits daunting fiscal challenges without easy solutions.

As of fiscal year 2017 the state of Illinois had $134.3 billion in unfunded pension benefits, up from $62.4 billion in 2009.

Senate Minority Leader Bill Brady said the new state budget was "as balanced as any budget" Illinois has adopted in decades, even though he voted against it.

TIA founder Sheila Weinberg views the new $40 billion state spending plan that Gov. J.B. Pritzker has touted as a “real balanced budget” in the same light as all the previous budgets that have long kept Illinois in the red.

Illinois is the only state in America that has yet to release its official report from fiscal year 2018 and state officials don’t yet know when it will be released.

The budget “addresses the most pressing challenges faced by our state,” Abbott said in a prepared statement.

New Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has been crowing about his accomplishments during the recent legislative session, perhaps none more than his Svengali-like accomplishment passing what he calls a "balanced budget."

Illinois is the only state in America that has yet to release its official report from fiscal year 2018 and state officials don’t yet know when it will be released.

Truth in Accounting (TIA), a Chicago-based nonprofit that examines government finances, gave Texas a financial grade of “D” last fall in a national study.