Illinoisans face the highest average combined sales tax in the Midwest. A new bill would show consumers exactly where those dollars are going on every purchase receipt.

A bill in the Illinois House would empower voters to reform the funding priorities of their local school districts.

Democrats in the Illinois House are leading the push for a constitutional amendment that would require the state to balance its budget – a feat state lawmakers haven’t achieved since 2001.

An Illinois House lawmaker has pulled a proposed per-mile tax from consideration less than a week after introducing it.