“I don’t know anything, do you know anything?” came the response from a well-connected House Democrat Tuesday.

After a weekend of late night budget talks, sources say there are still significant differences among Democrats in trying to balance Governor JB Pritzker’s proposed $55 billion budget.

While top Democrats insisting this year that there is no appetite for tax increases as a part of the new state budget, House Democrats were apparently asked their opinion on a package of tax hikes Thursday.

About a year after the General Assembly passed legislation to allow businesses to store carbon dioxide deep underground in Central Illinois, lawmakers followed up Tuesday sending a bill banning the storage under a main source of drinking water for millions in central Illinois.

The Illinois State Rifle Association (ISRA) Tuesday blasted out an e-mail to members accusing the Illinois State Police were violating gun owner rights over a pending outage in the system that allows gun shops to check the validity of Firearm Owner’s Identification (FOID) cards.

As lawmakers returned to the Capitol Tuesday for the final two-week run of the spring legislative session, sources say negotiations on most major issues continue, but few agreements have been reached.