The House Revenue and Finance Committee met Friday to hear three property tax bills intended to improve transparency in the review process for appeals and modernize assessor data retention. 

Protestors and Illinois State Police at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview. [Paul Goyette/Creative Commons Attribution 4.0]

A federal judge partially granted Illinois’ request to temporarily block the deployment of National Guard troops Thursday. 

The Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park (IQMP) on Chicago’s South Side will have another future tenant, hosting quantum computing company Pasqal’s U.S. headquarters.

National Guard troops and protestors in Los Angeles in June 2025 [U.S. Northern Command, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons]

Attorneys from the Illinois Attorney General’s office and the Department of Justice will meet in court Thursday for oral arguments in Illinois’ lawsuit against the deployment of the National Guard in the state. 

An Illinois energy omnibus bill expected to be called during the fall veto session would establish an integrated resource planning (IRP) process in Illinois. 

Protestors in Broadview on Sept. 26. [Paul Goyette/Creative Commons Attribution 4.0]

After more than a month of back-and-forth, the state has sued the Trump administration over orders to deploy federalized National Guard troops in Illinois. 

The Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) has revised its 2026 budget shortfall projection for Chicago-area transit from $771 million to $202 million. 

The latest version of an energy omnibus bill being negotiated in the Illinois General Assembly includes a thermal energy network program. 

Evidence-based funding has improved per-pupil spending, but Illinois students continue to fall behind the national average on proficiency, a new report found. Illinois’ public universities and community colleges are also seeing a decrease in enrollment and face growing budget gaps.  

A federal judge granted a temporary restraining order Tuesday blocking a federal order reallocating funding from Illinois and 11 other states.