Hoover’s commutation is one of a number granted by Trump, but he is still serving a 200-year state sentence for murder.

Gov. 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 negotiations.

The president wants to speed up construction of reactors. But experts are worried about the safety measures that keep the ...

President Donald Trump on Wednesday issued several more pardons, including those for his political allies: former U.S. House ...

A historic moment unfolded Wednesday at the Old State Capitol in Springfield as 60 people from around the globe officially become United States citizens during a special naturalization ceremony.

The Tribune has reviewed the names of people who have received pardons or commutations going back to the 1950s. Here’s a look at people with Chicago or Illinois connections who have been ...

Illinois lawmakers are working on an omnibus clean energy package that would introduce a Storage for All program, a Solar Bill of Rights, virtual power plant programs, to name a few.

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As the Trump administration pauses new student visas in its battle to force change at the nation’s elite universities, ...

This effort marks an escalation in federal and state tensions over Medicaid eligibility and the use of taxpayer funds.

The Federal Reserve has emerged as the 800-pound gorilla in the legal fight over President Trump’s firings of agency leaders traditionally independent from the White House. The Supreme ...