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.

Lawmakers approved a legally dubious new tax on targeted advertising services as part of the state budget. Gov. J.B. Pritzker should use his line-item veto power to reject the tax.

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

They are signaling a willingness to raise taxes as the May 31 deadline quickly approaches.

The state again had the highest residential property tax rate in the U.S. in 2024, tied with New Jersey.

Lawmakers too often decide what to spend without an accurate picture of what will come in.

The governor’s proposal would face challenges.