The budget awaiting his signature also imposes licensing fees on operators.

Eight years of the governor’s budgets have exposed the cost of spending-driven budgeting and repeated tax hikes.

Illinois is tagged with more taxes when the governor had the opportunity to say no.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s 2019 “Rebuild Illinois” plan created automatic inflationary adjustments in the state gas tax, which could reach over $1 per gallon by 2056.

Illinois lawmakers’ late-night budget sets a new spending record financed by more tax hikes on the final day of legislative session.

The proposed Illinois budget gives money to NASCAR and PGA as lawmakers weigh a Bears stadium tax break, putting taxpayers on the hook for private sports costs.