Attorney General Reports $10 Million Funding Gap In New State Budget 

SPRINGFIELD – Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul says his office has been shorted about $10 million from its overall state budget appropriation in 2026. Raoul said during a City Club of Chicago event on Tuesday that funding remained flat in budget legislation for fiscal year 2027 until 3 a.m. on June 1, just over an hour before the budget bill passed. Raoul said his office received a $5 million increase in general funds but an overall $10 million decrease in the new budget.