Lawmakers agreed on a tax package to stave off a $200 million-plus fiscal cliff next year that would likely result in major ...

Millions of Americans are about to go hungry thanks to the government shutdown, but Representative Clay Higgins doesn’t seem ...

Illinois is poised to become the 12th U.S. state to legalize physician-assisted suicide for terminally ill patients after the ...

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The one-page resolution the Senate passed on Thursday ends Trump’s national emergency declaration, which he announced on ...

Illinois Dem candidate Kat Abughazaleh walked off an interview after being asked about federal charges she is facing related ...

Illinois advocates sued federal authorities Friday over alleged “inhumane and torturous” conditions at a Chicago-area federal ...

Plan includes a state motor fuel sales tax, using interest from the state’s road fund, a sales tax increase in the Chicago metro area and a sharp increase in tolls on the Illinois Tollway.

Gov. JB Pritzker has said he will sign the bill, which aims to increase grid reliability and lower electricity prices.

SPRINGFIELD — After weeks of verbally condemning the aggressive federal immigration crackdown in the Chicago region, Illinois ...

SPRINGFIELD – State lawmakers approved new funding for public transportation agencies without large statewide tax increases ...

The The Northern Illinois Transit Authority (NITA) Act comes as the RTA faced a budget gap of more than $200 million. State lawmakers approved new funding for public transportation agencies without ...