State Representative Barbara Flynn Currie

Illinois House members are picking up education funding reform where they say a commission convened by the governor left off. Lawmakers gathered Tuesday…

Partisan gridlock has caused Illinois to run without a full budget for more than a year-and-a-half. But there's one area Democrats and Republicans ARE…

Three Illinois Republicans broke rank from their governor to give Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel a big victory in Springfield.Those Republicans helped…

Democratic lawmakers are proposing to double an income tax break supporters say has helped low-paid workers. Identical bills in the House and Senate…