Public employees descended upon the Illinois state capitol Wednesday calling on lawmakers to fix a pension system they ...

Security has been beefed up here at the state Capitol. The Secretary of State’s Office has added more police officers to ...

President-Elect Donald Trump may have lost Illinois, but the margin he lost by was the best performance for a Republican ...

As Gov. JB Pritzker’s own team projects a nearly $3 billion shortfall, the Illinois State Capitol is in for a tough budget ...

Illinois lawmakers returned to Springfield Tuesday for the first time since May following news earlier this month that ...

A federal judge has overturned Illinois’ ban on semiautomatic weapons, leaning on recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings that ...

The former chief lobbyist for electric utility Commonwealth Edison has spent the last week telling a federal jury how he bent ...

While Gov. JB Pritzker didn't veto any bills this year, the six-day session gives lawmakers a chance to address bills that ...

A task force of lawmakers and historians is recommending that Illinois create a full-time commission to commemorate the Underground Railroad in the state. The panel released a report on Tuesday at the ...

A federal judge in Illinois has ruled the state's blanket ban on assault weapons is unconstitutional and violates the Second ...

The Illinois State Board of Education recently released the 2024 School Report Card, showing a record-high proficiency rate ...

Plans for an Olympia news bureau to help fill the void in state government coverage fizzled. Plus: The Oregonian is getting ...