An Illinois state lawmaker proposed making license plates honoring Dolton-native Pope Leo XIV available to state residents, along with a statue of the pontiff near the state capitol building.

Tucked away in the more than 400 bills Illinois state lawmakers passed during their spring session is a bill that aims to ...

A bill passed in the final hours of the spring session arose from safety efforts after six people died when a tornado struck ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois Governor JB Pritzker said Wednesday he will not sign a budget that includes broad tax hikes to fund new spending as lawmakers are in the final hours of budget ...

A bill by state Rep. Martin McLaughlin would allow the Illinois Secretary of State’s office to issue commemorative Pope Leo ...

Illinois lawmakers approved a state budget that includes $300 million to raze and redevelop long-neglected state-owned sites ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — Second Amendment supporters traveled to the state capitol building Wednesday to lobby for gun rights. The gun rights activists led by the Illinois State Rifle ...

State Rep. Martin McLaughlin wants a statue of the new pope at the Illinois statehouse, paid for in part with a commemorative license plate.

The end of May means the addition of a new flag waving over the Wisconsin State Capitol. Friday saw the raising of what’s ...

After hearing from other speakers, several hundred gun owners marched through the streets to the Illinois State Capitol Building. There, they heard from state Rep. Martin McLaughlin, R-Barrington ...

The Illinois State Museum is in Springfield just beside the state Capitol. Dickson Mounds ... I mean, this has been a relationship-building exercise 30 years in the making.” ...

One proposal would require new data centers and other large energy users building in Illinois to bring their own renewable energy to the grid, or pay a higher fee into the state budget that would ...