UPDATE, 8:28 p.m.: Never mind. They just voted it down again.

UPDATE, 8:22 p.m.: The Senate right now it making another attempt at this bill, and there are indications it will pass this time. They’re debating it on the floor. Stand…

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The Illinois Legislature adjourned for the week a short time ago, after a special session that appears to have brought the state no closer to ending its protracted and potentially devastating budget stalemate.

But with the July 1…

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - As lawmakers and the governor work to craft an agreeable budget by Illinois’ May 31 deadline, advocates on all sides are staking their claims and pushing their causes.

In what promises to be the first of many budget-related…

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Gov. Pat Quinn, who has so far side-stepped questions asking specifically if Illinois could see an increase in its income or sales taxes, came a little bit closer to giving reporters a real answer.

“There’s no question we…