Local news and state government coverage from the Illinois capital, Springfield, Illinois. Coverage of news, arts and life for central Illinois from Hannibal Missouri, to Decatur Illinois, Lincoln, Litchfield, Rochester, Chatham, Petersburgh, Jacksonville, Pittsfield, Beardstown, Taylorville. Government coverage for Chicago, St. Louis, Quad Cities, Rockford, DuPage, Peoria, Bloomington, Normal, Macomb, Champaign, Urbana, Carbondale.| NPR Illinois
Gov. JB Pritzker on Wednesday signed the state’s $53.1 billion spending plan for the upcoming fiscal year, the largest in state history.| NPR Illinois