Illinois Legislative News: May 11, 2026 Third Reading Consulting Group April 2026 Tax Revenue Update Illinois collected $7.305B in General Funds revenue in April of FY 2026, an increase of 2.0% (or $146M) over April of FY 2025. While this total represents the...

Illinois Legislative News: May 4, 2026 Third Reading Consulting Group Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park Expansion Gov. JB Pritzker has made accelerating quantum technology development one of his key economic development priorities over the last few years,...

Illinois Legislative News: April 27, 2026 Third Reading Consulting Group Megaproject Legislation Clears the House House Floor Amendment (HFA) 3 to HB 910 (Buckner) was filed on April 22, creating a new version of the megaproject incentive program that the Chicago...

Illinois Legislative News: April 20, 2026 Third Reading Consulting Group Friday, April 17, marked the third reading deadline for legislators in both the Illinois Senate and House of Representatives to pass bills out of their chamber of origination. While there may be...

Illinois Legislative News: April 13, 2026 Third Reading Consulting Group Data centers have become the backbone of the modern digital economy, powering growing demand for AI, cloud computing, e-commerce, and data storage. This rapid expansion has made the data center...

Illinois Legislative News: March 30, 2026 Third Reading Consulting Group Administrative Rules Last week was a busy one at the State Capitol as the Illinois House of Representatives rushed to meet the March 27 deadline to pass House bills out of committee. The deadline...

Illinois Legislative News: March 23, 2026 Third Reading Consulting Group Administrative Rules CAPITOL COMPLEX ACCESS The SECRETARY OF STATE adopted an amendment to the Part titled Public Use of the Capitol Complex and Springfield Facilities (71 IAC 2005; proposed at...

Illinois Legislative News: March 9, 2026 Third Reading Consulting Group The Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability (COGFA) released its February monthly state revenue update at the beginning of March. Two-thirds of the way through fiscal year (FY)...

Illinois Legislative News: March 2, 2026 Third Reading Consulting Group Last week in Springfield, both the Senate and House were in session and made progress on a few bills ahead of the upcoming committee deadline. The Senate will return this week for additional...

Governor Pritzker's State of the State and FY 2027 Budget Proposal Summary Third Reading Consulting Group February 18, 2026 On February 18, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker gave his annual State of the State and budget address. He discussed successes under his leadership...