State of Illinois

Time’s almost up for Illinois state lawmakers and the governor to come up with a budget plan that all can live with as the spring legislative session ends this week.

Illinois is trying to block efforts to put Medicaid providers on par with debt service payments.

A coalition of prominent groups told Illinois lawmakers not to come back without a budget resolution.

Illinois Senate Democrats passed a $37.3 billion budget with more than $5 billion of new tax revenue.

Illinois still has time to solve its budget ills, according to Fitch Ratings.

Illinois faces swap terminations and higher floating-rate costs if its ratings sink much further.

Goldman Sachs opened the first of a two-day retail order period for the Hudson Yards Infrastructure Corp., N.Y.’s $2.15 billion tax-exempt deal as municipal bonds were unchanged ahead of next week's $7.02 billion calendar.

Tax hikes, cuts, and reforms are needed to tackle Illinois' fiscal crisis, a business group suggested.

Illinois Senate votes on a budget package left the fate of a 'grand bargain' unclear.

State pension changes cleared an Illinois House committee Tuesday but their fate is uncertain.

Illinois and its local governments will all suffer if the state is downgraded again, Nuveen warns.

The Illinois Senate President warned that disaster looms if historic gridlock doesn't end soon.

Illinois gets tongue lashing from research group over impasse as senate efforts at compromise build.

Bankruptcy experts and political observers say states would have a hard time getting restructuring power.

Illinois lacks a path to restructure state debt but Puerto Rico's filing heightened chatter.

The sale of Illinois' Chicago headquarters is the latest issue caught in political gridlock.