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Illinois is chasing a moving target as it tries to dig out of the nation's worst budget crisis, and $7.5 billion worth of unpaid bills hadn't even been…
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Political third parties in Illinois recently won a victory in court. The new change would make it easier to get on the ballot. The current election code…
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Illinois gubernatorial candidate Daniel Biss has dropped his running mate citing disagreement over a stance on Israel. The state senator announced Chicago…
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Law enforcement officials and drug-policy experts have differing takes on whether Illinois should legalize general use of marijuana. A joint Senate-House…
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School superintendents from central and southern Illinois are pushing lawmakers to reach an agreement on overhauling the state's school funding…
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A political cartoon circulated by a conservative Illinois think tank with ties to Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner has triggered accusations of racism and…
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Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner says he's determined to fight a "corrupt political machine in Chicago" and its "special deals" as he seeks a second…
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The sponsor of a plan overhauling how Illinois funds schools says Gov. Bruce Rauner's proposed changes are an "all-out assault" on public education that…
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Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan says Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner's veto of a school funding bill is choosing "crisis over compromise."Rauner…
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Democrats aren't planning on having a rally at this year's Illinois State Fair, foregoing a decades-long tradition.Instead the state Democratic Party will…