Illinois lawmakers head into the final days of their spring session looking for ways to close a substantial gap in the state ...

Heated debates erupt in Illinois over trans athletes in girls' sports, with lawmakers divided after a Naperville race ...

With the clock ticking down, Democratic state lawmakers filed a $55.3 billion spending plan that relies on more than $1 ...

Rep. Martin McLaughlin (R-Barrington Hills) is seeking to have a statue of the Chicago-born pontiff built at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield.

Illinois Democrats introduced what a leading budgeteer described as a $55 billion budget Friday evening ahead of a Saturday ...

Revenue projections had already been declining as the spring session has progressed. Now, lawmakers who have long feared ...

The average residential customer of northern Illinois’ Commonwealth Edison will pay about $10.60 per month more this summer, ...

Illinois’ 2015 law prohibits state pension funds from investing in companies engaging in the Boycott, Divest, Sanction, or BDS, movement against Israel, making Illinois the first U.S. state to enact ...

A long-awaited bill to reform the Prisoner Review Board will soon go to Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s desk after receiving approval in ...

Criminal justice reform advocates say legislation to seal criminal records for certain nonviolent crimes, which passed Friday ...

Illinois police officers soon could be required to undergo trauma-informed sexual assault training if the governor signs a ...