Entering a legislative session amid questions about whether he’d run for a third term, Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker outlined an ambitious agenda that ended with mixed results. In a State of the State ...

The revenue bill creates a tax of 25 cents per wager for a sports betting licensee’s first 20,000 wagers accepted, and 50 ...

State Rep. Bill Hauter (R-Morton) said he is concerned with $1 billion in new spending, plus new taxes on nicotine products, ...

Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin said he came to the state because he believes it will one day be blue — ...

Democrats in control of the Illinois General Assembly flexed their supermajorities to muscle through a $55.2 billion state ...

The $55.2 billion spending plan is supported by $55.3 billion of revenue, including just over $1 billion in new taxes and ...

Central Illinois lawmakers had predictably partisan reactions to the official state budget for the next fiscal year. The ...

In a sit-down interview with the Washington Examiner, LaHood said he’s happy with his current job representing Illinois’s ...

Illinois legislators passed a record-high $55.1 billion state budget, which includes funding for local K-12 schools, Rockford ...

The decline of men and concomitant rise of women in Democratic voting ranks has been observed for decades and is not expected ...

Brian King said he believes more people are turning to the Democratic party as they're tired of Trump and the Utah ...