Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan is scheduled to be sentenced in federal court for 10 convictions on bribery, conspiracy and wire fraud charges. U.S.

In addition to passing a $55 billion state budget, the Illinois General Assembly passed and punted on various legislation ...

The first spring session of the 104th General Assembly has come and gone and now some Illinois Republicans are analyzing ...

Public employees hired since 2011 must continue to wait for pension reform after Illinois lawmakers declined to take up the issue during the spring session. Both lawmakers and labor unions have ...

Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle have concerns for what lies ahead and might have to come back to Springfield before their veto session this fall.

The Illinois secretary of state on Thursday asked for an investigation into a suburban Chicago police department after learning that it violated state ...

Under the proposed Illinois legislation, death certificates would show the terminal illness as the cause of death, not ...

Illinois lawmakers filed more than 7,500 bills this spring session, and 615 of them crossed the finish line. While most bills ...

The Illinois House of Representatives have voted to approve the state budget for Fiscal Year 2026 (SB 2510 HA 3) with a vote ...

The transit agencies will each run out of pandemic relief funding at various points in 2026, creating deficits in their ...

Legislation to advance casinos at horse-racing facilities once again failed to reach the finish line this year in Illinois.