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...

Illinois Legislative News: February 9, 2026 Third Reading Consulting Group Administrative Rules   CAPITOL COMPLEX ACCESS The following rule was moved to second notice and will be considered at the February 17 JCAR meeting. The SECRETARY OF STATE proposed an amendment...

Illinois Legislative News: February 2, 2026 Third Reading Consulting Group On January 27, the U.S. Census Bureau released its Vintage 2025 Population Estimates. The new population figures, which estimate the 2025 population using a baseline figure from the 2020...

Illinois Legislative News: January 26, 2026 Third Reading Consulting Group The House Convenes for 2026 Session The House met for three days last week, spending most of its time debating non-binding resolutions on federal issues such as ICE, healthcare subsidies,...