House Bill 4082 would ban Illinois home rule counties from levying taxes on sweetened drinks by volume sold.

Defenders of Senate Bill 1 are putting a bailout of Chicago Public Schools ahead of their own local school districts.

Defenders of Senate Bill 1 are putting a bailout of Chicago Public Schools ahead of their own local school districts.

The governor can exercise the veto power in four different ways: a total veto, an amendatory veto, an item veto and a reduction veto.

Twenty school districts in the Metro East rely on the state for 30 percent or more of their total revenue.

House Joint Resolution 69 would create a special task force to investigate and report on state and local property tax assessment, appeals processes and other property tax policies.

A bill that has passed the Illinois House and Senate would provide CPS with a $215 million pension bailout and other funding carve-outs.