Juliana Stratton has told fellow Democrats that she plans to run if Sen. Dick Durbin retires and that Gov. JB Pritzker will ...

An Illinois lawmaker has introduced a bill that critics say will make it legal for anyone experiencing a mental health ...

Some residents of rural Illinois and Oregon are hoping to ditch their states and either join neighboring ones or create ...

The problem won’t be solved until Congress and/or the U.S. Supreme Court finally require all states, not just Illinois, to ...

The U.S. Senate cleared a stopgap spending bill Friday that will fund the government through the end of September.

The White House said on Saturday afternoon that President Trump had signed the stopgap spending bill, avoiding a partial ...

A six-month spending bill advanced in the Senate after Democrats split on the bill. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Shumer, D-NY ...

The Senate voted to advance a spending bill to fund the government through Sept. 30, narrowly avoiding a government shutdown.

Ill., joined nine other Democratic senators in voting to allow the measure to proceed for a final vote on Friday. Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., voted against it, saying she refuses to give Trump ...

Legislation in the Illinois House would empower inspectors general, restrict lobbying by elected leaders, add protections ...

Now that the 104th General Assembly is back to work in Springfield, the minority party is emphasizing public safety and ...