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 ...

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.

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

State Sen. Paul Faraci, D-Champaign, initially submitted the bill aimed at protecting the Mahomet Aquifer — a vital ...

The House Oversight Committee has long been a partisan battleground, and in recent months it has turned its focus to ...

The Cook County Assessor’s Office (CCAO) hosted its inaugural Neighborhood Housing Forum this week, bringing together ...

U.S. House Republicans grilled Democratic governors from New York, Illinois and Minnesota in a hearing on Thursday over state ...

Springfield, urged the Senate to vote “no” on House Bill 2397 this spring session, but ultimately the bill passed both chambers.

House Oversight Chair James Comer requested in April that these Democratic governors testify, claiming that the "Trump ...