The largest taxpayer spending plan in Illinois state history was signed Wednesday.

Approved by the House last week, and the Senate the week before that, the budget spends $53.1 billion in state funds. That’s 32% higher than when Gov. J.B. Pritzker first took office in 2019. Add federal tax dollars and other state funds, the fiscal year 2025 plan spends $125 billion.

Posen residents voiced their opinions to Park Board members Tuesday about issues they saw firsthand during the the Park District carnival’s four-day run, but some also questioned why Thornton Township Supervisor Tiffany Henyard, the embattled Dolton mayor, was given a permit for a park event.

The Posen Park Board voted Tuesday to end the annual carnival, which was shut down early Sunday after a large fight broke out, leading to four arrests.

Ald. Brian Hopkins (2nd) is pushing to implement a curfew on unaccompanied minors downtown following an attack last week on a couple by a group of teenagers.

The couple were on a date Friday night when they were surrounded by a group of teens who began beating them about 9 p.m. near Grand Avenue and McClurg Court in Streeterville, Chicago police said.

Chaos in the village of Dolton is impacting nearby communities where Mayor Tiffany Henyard also has a leadership role, and elected officials are speaking out about budgets, federal probes and financial records.

Henyard has dual roles as Dolton mayor and Thornton Township supervisor, and the mayor of Markham is questioning her decisions and her leadership.

Rather than classrooms or student gathering spaces, a new campus proposed in Grayslake would house digital infrastructure to support just about everything we do in a cloud-based society.

Atlanta-based T5 Data Centers in early May announced it would significantly expand its footprint with a data center campus on 160 acres at the expansive Cornerstone business park at Peterson and Allegheny roads in central Lake County.

A new industrial complex spanning 30 acres could be coming to the southern part of Springfield.

Here’s what we know so far about the ordnance.

Under a new parent company, Foxtrot is returning to Chicago this summer.

Former CEO Mike LaVitola, who will be executive chairman of the parent company, told Crain’s Chicago they are preparing to reopen around a dozen stores under the Foxtrot name with the first two likely this summer in Gold Coast and Old Town. Most of them will reportedly be in Chicago.