Lawmakers vote to decrease funding for housing programs by more than $14M The number of homeless people in Illinois is rising ...

Facing a tight budget year with constrained spending and limited natural revenue growth, the $55.1 billion fiscal year 2026 ...

U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood is voicing full-throated support for the massive Republican tax and spending bill, despite past ...

Chicago adult education programs are in limbo after the Trump administration abruptly froze nearly $7 billion in ...

The administration has delayed signing an agreement to resolve negotiations over a federal complaint filed with the U.S.

Thirty-four cities and counties have asked to join a California lawsuit seeking to stop the Trump administration from cutting ...

The governor and top emergency official in Texas are both members of a council advising the Trump administration on options ...

State Sen. Mike Halpin, D-Rock Island, supported a lot of aspects of this years state budget but shared he ultimately voted ...

As elderly Americans begin to lose SNAP and Medicaid under President Trump’s new tax and spending law, providers brace for ...

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As COVID-19 relief funds run out, transit agencies across the U.S. are coming to the edge of a fiscal cliff and scrambling to ...