The head of one of Chicago’s top nonpartisan government research organizations said lawmakers made too many short-term ...

Illinois Senate President Don Harmon tried to pass legislation that would have wiped clean a potential multimillion-dollar ...

It’s a wonderful step forward,” said Lynn Cope, the father of one of six Amazon employees who were killed in the December ...

A new $55.2 billion state budget may be more significant for what is not in it than what is. Namely, an agreement on how to pay for the more than $770 million dollar shortfall the Regional Transit ...

Rep. Mary Miller (R-Illinois) reportedly wrote on X it was "deeply troubling" that a Sikh chaplain prayed on the floor of ...

While State Police has long investigated child sex crimes, a new measure would explicitly name addressing internet crimes against children as a core mission of its criminal division.

A week out from a hectic end to the legislative session, many Capitol insiders are beginning to ask what is next for the ...

The transit agencies will each run out of pandemic relief funding at various points in 2026, creating deficits in their ...

Republican Illinois Senate members are suing their Democratic peers over the last-minute rush to OK a $55 billion state ...

State lawmakers built Illinois’ record $55.2 billion budget for 2026 on gimmicks, one-time fixes and piecemeal tax hikes.

Several Republican state legislators say they will be irreparably harmed if a court doesn’t stop the state from enacting the ...

A bill that would legally allow doctors to prescribe fatal doses of medication to terminally ill patients has stalled in the ...