In an interview on Democracy Docket with Marc Elias, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker calls for Democrats to find common ground ...

As they stare down federal funding losses they cannot possibly make up for, lawmakers are applying their energy to attacking Republicans while waiting to see what the full impact will be.

The 'big beautiful bill' reduces Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) funding and changes who is eligible for the ...

There may be local ordinances like Lexington’s that don’t allow those fireworks. But there’s never been a movement to stop people who live somewhere where they aren’t allowed from buying them. Even ...

Illinois’ retiree population is growing. Currently, the median age is 39.4, five years older than in 2000, according to the ...

Trump has pardoned or commuted the sentences of 16 people or companies with fines totalling at least $102,647,458—money that ...

Donald Trump’s budget bill has passed Congress, essentially repeating Kansas’ disastrous Brownback Tax Experiment at the ...

Governor JB Pritzker announced Tuesday that Christian Mitchell, a former deputy governor and a University of Chicago ...

The state also ended the fiscal year with $1.9 billion of cash in the General Revenue Fund after all bills were paid, ...

Christian Mitchell has had strong detractors ever since Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle elevated the young Black man out of obscurity and backed him for the Illinois House in 2012.

Numbers compiled by the independent Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability show FY25 concluded with $54 ...