Senate Week in Review: June 2-6, 2025
June 6, 2025
Record-Spending Budget Passes the General Assembly SPRINGFIELD – Governor JB Pritzker’s record-breaking spending plan—which relies on nearly $1 billion in tax increases and gimmicks—passed the General Assembly on May 31. Once signed into law, it will become the largest budget in Illinois history, totaling more than $55 billion. That figure represents a staggering increase of nearly $15 billion, or almost